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The 2012 Democratic Party platform endorses maintaining commitment to Israel's security, claiming a strong and secure Israel is vital because of strategic interests and common values, the Obama administration providing nearly $10 billion to Israel in the past three years, military support for Israel, such as the Iron Dome system, the Egypt ...
But the party platform was written and voted on by the Democratic National Convention’s Platform Committee before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, and the document repeatedly ...
The Democratic Party devoted seven pages of its 90-page 2024 platform to climate policy, offering a few clues about what Vice President Kamala Harris could do to combat climate change if she wins ...
Humphrey submitted a minority report urging the adoption of the civil rights plank in the Democratic platform. When the convention adopted the plank, part of the delegation from Alabama and all 22 ...
A political party platform (American English), party program, or party manifesto (preferential term in British and often Commonwealth English) is a formal set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate, to appeal to the general public, for the ultimate purpose of garnering the general public's support and votes about complicated topics or issues.
In a speech to the convention, Humphrey urged the Democratic Party to "get out of the shadow of states' rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights." The convention adopted the civil rights plank in a close vote (651½–582½). [6] DNC vote on the civil rights plank at the 1948 DNC by state delegation
A new Democratic agenda should represent a clear middle ground between the progressive far-left and the Republican Party in a way that appeals to the “vast American middle” as described by ...
The Democratic National Committee expressed full support for incumbent president Joe Biden with no primary debates. [1] Although initially adamant that he would remain in the race, Biden ultimately withdrew on July 21 and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris , who became the party's nominee on August 5.