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The Democratic Party Platform, 2024
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The Democratic National Committee adopted a party platform during the 2024 Democratic National Convention on August 19, 2024in Chicago, Illinois.[1] This platform was drafted and approved by the Platform Committee on July 16, before Joe Biden (D) withdrew from the presidential race on July 21, 2024.[2]
In a statement, the Democratic Party said, "The Platform focuses on priorities for Democrats up and down the ballot, from growing the economy to lowering costs for families; tackling the climate crisis and securing energy independence; closing the racial wealth gap and investing in small businesses; restoring Roe v. Wade as the law of the land; protecting communities from the scourge of gun violence and protecting freedoms for all Americans; and securing our border and strengthening American leadership worldwide. "[2]
National party committees release platforms every four years before a presidential election. To read more about the 2024 presidential election, click here.
2024 Democratic Party Platform
The Democratic National Committee's Platform Committee released the final version of the party's 2024 platform on August 18, 2024. Delegates voted to approve the platform on August 19, 2024.[3]
What is the party platform?
The party platform is a written document that outlines the Democratic Party's policy priorities and positions on domestic and foreign affairs. It does not have any binding impact on Democratic elected officials or candidates.[4]
When the party adopted its first platform at the Democratic National Convention in 1840, it featured only nine resolutions and fewer than 1,000 words.[5][6] Over time, the party platform has become increasingly complex in detail and scope. The platform adopted by Democrats in 2020 contained more than 42,000 words and covered a wide range of policy concerns, including minimum wage, systemic racism, voting rights, climate change, and national security.[7]
The party platform has also been used to distinguish Democratic presidential nominees from their Republican rivals. In four of the five most recent party platforms, the Republican nominee was mentioned by name.[8]
The American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has archived all of the Democratic Party's platforms here.
2020 Democratic Party Platform
- See also: The Democratic Party Platform, 2020
The following embedded document contains the text of the 2020 Democratic Party Platform.
2016 Democratic Party Platform
The following embedded document contains the text of the 2016 Democratic Party Platform.
See also
- Democratic National Convention, 2024
- The Democratic Party Platform, 2020
- The Democratic Party Platform and DNC Platform Committees, 2016
- The Democratic Party Platform, 2012
- The Democratic Party Platform, 2008
- Republican National Convention, 2024
Footnotes
- ↑ Associated Press, "Democrats approve a platform that mentions Biden’s ‘second term’ despite his making way for Harris," August 19, 2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Democratic National Committee, "DNC Releases 2024 Party Platform to be Voted on at Convention," August 18, 2024
- ↑ Associated Press, "Democrats approve a platform that mentions Biden’s ‘second term’ despite his making way for Harris," August 19, 2024
- ↑ Fortune, "Despite What Bernie Sanders Says, The Democratic Party Platform Doesn't Matter," May 27, 2016
- ↑ The American Presidency Project, "Democratic Party Platform of 1840," accessed May 31, 2016
- ↑ Congressional Research Service, "Presidential Elections in the United States: A Primer," April 17, 2000
- ↑ United States Democratic Party, "The 2016 Democratic Platform," accessed June 25, 2020
- ↑ American Presidency Project, "Political Party Platforms of Parties Receiving Electoral Votes," accessed June 25, 2020
