plank

(noun)

A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.

Related Terms

Examples of plank in the following topics:

  • Coordinating and Promoting Party Policy

    • While the planks of platforms do not all necessarily become policies, they can lead to highly politicized debates between parties that become party policy stances.

  • The National Convention

    • Each convention produces a statement of principles known as its platform, containing goals and proposals known as planks.
    • For example, defenders of abortion lobbied heavily to remove the Human Life Amendment plank from the 1996 Republican National Convention platform, a move fiercely resisted by conservatives despite the fact that no such amendment had ever come up for debate.

  • National Convention

    • Each convention produces a statement of principles known as its platform, containing goals and proposals known as planks.