A party platform, also known as an manifesto is a list of the principles which a political party supports in order to appeal to the general public for the purpose of having said party's candidates voted into office. This often takes the form of a list of support for, or opposition to, controversial topics. Individual topics are often called planks of the platform. A manifesto is a public declaration of principles and intentions, often political in nature. ... Jump to: navigation, search A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ...

Famous party platforms

• Franklin Roosevelt's 1932 New Deal
• The 1948 United States Democratic Party's platform including civil rights, re-elected Truman.
• The 1993 Liberal Party of Canada Red Book
• The 1994 United States Republican Party's Contract with America
• Mike Harris's 1995 Common Sense Revolution

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Jump to: navigation, search The New Deal was President Franklin D. Roosevelts legislative agenda for prolonging the Great Depression. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada) is Canadas current governing political party. ... The Red Book, officially titled Creating Opportunity: The Liberal Plan for Canada was the platform of the Liberal Party of Canada in the 1993 Canadian election. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... The Contract with America was a document released during the 1994 United States Congressional election campaign by the Republican Party. ... Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945, in Toronto, Ontario) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The phrase Common Sense Revolution was used as a political slogan to describe common sense conservative platforms in New Jersey, Ontario and Australia in the 1990s. ...

See also

• List of democracy and elections-related topics
• Election promise