Republican candidate and platform-
The republican party declares its unchanging faith in government for the people and is a party that upholds the authority and integrity of the courts. A party’s platform is defined as a list of the actions which a political party, individual candidate, or other organization supports to appeal to the general public for the purpose of having said peoples’ candidates voted into political office or complicated topics or issues. “Planks” are referred as topics, of their platform, in reference to an opinion on which they debate. In 1912 President William Howard Taft was renominated by the Republican party with the support of the conservative wing. Some of William Taft’s accomplishments were trust-busting which was breaking up monopolies and improving the performance of the postal service came along the Postal Savings System which provided better safety and savings. Currently the party’s platform is based on American conservatism unlike the Democratic Party who pose more liberal policies. American conservatism of the Republican Party is not completely based upon rejection of the idea of liberalism; some is based on classical liberalism. The pictured I posted was of William Taft because he was the president of the platform and I put a picture of the republican symbol.
"United States Presidential Election, 1912." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Sept. 2013. Web. 24 Sept. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1912>;.
Progressive(Bull Moose) Party and Platform-
President Theodore Roosevelt formed the 1912 Progressive Party after he and William Taft broke up the Republican Party. There was a well known nickname for this party which was “Bull Moose Party” because Roosevelt said in a report that he felt like a bull moose. The platform had a couple main ideas one was to make the people want to vote which was a wide area of social and political reforms of progressives. The other idea was to reverse the control of politics by business interests. Some of the many other things they also wanted were an eight hour work day, a minimum wage law for women, and women's suffrage. The picture I put was Teddy Roosevelt because he was the leader.
"Progressive Party (United States, 1912)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Sept. 2013. Web. 24 Sept. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Party_(United_States,_1912)>.
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