No. of Recommendations: 4
The Democrats" generally coalesce around certain ideas, they push for certain policy ideas. They had a platform for 2024 and still have a list of issues on the DNC site, though it has not been updated since the 2024 election. That's bad in itself, in my mind. If it's not correct update it or take it down.
They can't update it. There are rules for drafting the platform, and the substance of that platform is heavily contested and results from a lot of negotiation and jockeying from interested parties. There's no one who has the power to just unilaterally decide to change it until the next convention cycle and a new Platform Committee meets.
Taking it down is worse. Right now the concern is that the Democrats don't stand for anything. And you're going to eliminate the platform without replacing it with anything?
The thing is, there's a fundamental disagreement between various broad factions within the Democratic party over what the party should stand for. Those disputes aren't likely to get resolved any time soon, because there is no real mechanism for resolving them outside of a Presidential primary.
