The Democratic National Committee released its 2024 platform August 18 in conjunction with this week’s national convention hosted in Chicago. There are some stark differences from the Republican platform. First, there’s length: the Democrats’ platform is more than three times as long as the Republicans’, 92 pages compared to 28. And then there is style. […]
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