# Who reads the party platforms? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 11, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-the-party-platforms/759689 "2016-07-11T22:19:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-the-party-platforms/759689/21 "2016-07-13T19:15:15Z")
> [@boffking](#): > > I read the DNC platform. It was full of grandiose plans and no apparent way to follow through with them. Sounds like every Mission Statement ever written. ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_from\_CB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Alex\_from\_CB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_from_CB)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-the-party-platforms/759689/22 "2016-07-13T23:35:50Z")
> [@mtomm](#): > > The Log Cabin Republicans do and [they are pissed!](http://www.logcabin.org/pressrelease/a-message-on-the-gop-platform-from-log-cabin-republicans-president-gregory-t-angelo/) Shocking. Gay people discovered The Republic Party is hostile to Gay people. Who would have ever thought that? ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_from\_CB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Alex\_from\_CB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_from_CB)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-the-party-platforms/759689/23 "2016-07-13T23:37:56Z")
Who reads party platforms? People who support losing candidates. Makes them fell like their loss is really a win. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-the-party-platforms/759689.md?page=1)