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Question: Do platforms matter?
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memphis
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« on: August 23, 2012, 02:54:45 AM »
Obviously not.
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« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2012, 02:59:46 AM »
They do to me... But I guess I am not in the mainstream on this one.
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« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2012, 03:03:49 AM »
To the general public? No. But they should matter.
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« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2012, 04:47:09 AM »
To an extent, but for the purpose of this poll, I'd say no because I think most voters don't pay much attention to them.

I do agree with the above comments about how they should matter/matter to me. I've always liked reading them to get ideas and a sense of what a party wants to do or where it (ideally) stands on the issues.

They can make you pretty depressed at the opportunity cost of the money-backed, two-party system. The Greens' last platform was really nice and thorough/specific and virtually none of it was implemented.
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« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2012, 11:53:31 AM »
Politically/electorally speaking, platforms do not matter nearly as much as the general messaging of a campaign. Romney is the "conservative", Obama is the "progressive". Neither of those words means anything anymore, outside of what the voting populace believes they mean.
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« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2012, 11:59:26 AM »
Usually not. However this year the GOP platform is getting more scrutiny in the media, which may also lead to the Dem platform getting a closer look.
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« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2012, 12:09:10 PM »
They should but sadly they do not.  Most voters back their politicians they way they back their sports teams.
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« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2012, 02:05:07 PM »
No, though the Republicans are clearly aiming their platform at evangelicals (everything the media is talking about) and Paulites (audit the Fed, "gold commission") to get them behind a candidate those groups don't necessarily like.
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All Along The Watchtower
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« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2012, 02:40:59 PM »
« Edited: August 23, 2012, 02:55:53 PM by Biased Hack Progressive Realist »
The gist of each party's political platform:

"We are awesome, they suck."
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« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2012, 02:44:16 PM »
Quote from: Biased Hack Progressive Realist on August 23, 2012, 02:40:59 PM
The gist of each part's political platform:

"We are awesome, they suck."

More like "we want to do awesome things and those f[inks]ers don't" but yeah, almost meaningless.
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« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2012, 05:01:52 PM »
No.
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« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2012, 06:13:28 PM »
American politics is driven by individual personalities. The prevalence of ticket splitting is evidence of this. Since this is not a parliamentary system the public views the platforms of the positions of the base at best. They only associate the platform with a candidate if the candidate wants it to be so.
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« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2012, 06:35:03 PM »
No, which is unfortunate.
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