US Party Platform Retrospective

Party platforms analyzed with hindsight

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2024
2024 Democratic Party Platform
Joe Biden • Democratic
B
2024
2024 Republican Party Platform
Donald Trump • Democratic
C
2020
2020 Democratic Party Platform
Joe Biden • Democratic
B
2016
2016 Democratic Party Platform
Hillary Clinton • Republican
B
2016
2016 Republican Party Platform
Donald Trump • Republican
C
2012
2012 Democratic Party Platform
Barack Obama • Democratic
B
2012
2012 Republican Party Platform
Mitt Romney • Democratic
C
2008
2008 Democratic Party Platform
Barack Obama • Democratic
A-
2008
2008 Republican Party Platform
John McCain • Democratic
C+
2004
2004 Democratic Party Platform
John Kerry • Republican
B-
2004
2004 Republican Party Platform
George W. Bush • Republican
C+
2000
2000 Democratic Party Platform
Al Gore • Republican
B
2000
2000 Republican Party Platform
George W. Bush • Republican
C+
1996
1996 Democratic Party Platform
Bill Clinton • Democratic
B+
1996
Republican Party Platform of 1996
Bob Dole • Democratic
B-
1992
1992 Democratic Party Platform
Bill Clinton • Democratic
B
1992
Republican Party Platform of 1992
George H. W. Bush • Democratic
B-
1988
1988 Democratic Party Platform
Michael Dukakis • Republican
B+
1988
Republican Party Platform of 1988
George H. W. Bush • Republican
B
1984
1984 Democratic Party Platform
Walter Mondale • Republican
B
1984
Republican Party Platform of 1984
Ronald Reagan • Republican
B
1980
1980 Democratic Party Platform
Jimmy Carter • Republican
C+
1980
Republican Party Platform of 1980
Ronald Reagan • Republican
B
1976
1976 Democratic Party Platform
Jimmy Carter • Democratic
B-
1976
Republican Party Platform of 1976
Gerald Ford • Democratic
B
1972
1972 Democratic Party Platform
George McGovern • Republican
B
1972
Republican Party Platform of 1972
Richard Nixon • Republican
B-
1968
1968 Democratic Party Platform
Hubert Humphrey • Republican
B+
1968
Republican Party Platform of 1968
Richard Nixon • Republican
B-
1964
1964 Democratic Party Platform
Lyndon B. Johnson • Democratic
B-
1964
Republican Party Platform of 1964
Barry Goldwater • Democratic
C+
1960
1960 Democratic Party Platform
John F. Kennedy • Democratic
B+
1960
Republican Party Platform of 1960
Richard Nixon • Democratic
B
1956
1956 Democratic Party Platform
Adlai Stevenson • Republican
B+
1956
Republican Party Platform of 1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower • Republican
B+
1952
1952 Democratic Party Platform
Adlai Stevenson • Republican
B+
1952
Republican Party Platform of 1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower • Republican
B+
1948
1948 Democratic Party Platform
Harry S. Truman • Democratic
A-
1948
Republican Party Platform of 1948
Thomas E. Dewey • Democratic
B
1944
1944 Democratic Party Platform
Franklin D. Roosevelt • Democratic
A-
1944
Republican Party Platform of 1944
Thomas E. Dewey • Democratic
B
1940
1940 Democratic Party Platform
Franklin D. Roosevelt • Democratic
A-
1940
Republican Party Platform of 1940
Wendell Willkie • Democratic
C+
1936
1936 Democratic Party Platform
Franklin D. Roosevelt • Democratic
A-
1936
Republican Party Platform of 1936
Alf Landon • Democratic
C
1932
1932 Democratic Party Platform
Franklin D. Roosevelt • Democratic
A-
1932
Republican Party Platform of 1932
Herbert Hoover • Democratic
C
1928
1928 Democratic Party Platform
Al Smith • Republican
B
1928
Republican Party Platform of 1928
Herbert Hoover • Republican
D+
1924
1924 Democratic Party Platform
John W. Davis • Republican
B
1924
Republican Party Platform of 1924
Calvin Coolidge • Republican
C+
1920
1920 Democratic Party Platform
James M. Cox • Republican
B
1920
Republican Party Platform of 1920
Warren G. Harding • Republican
C+
1916
1916 Democratic Party Platform
Woodrow Wilson • Democratic
B-
1916
Republican Party Platform of 1916
Charles Evans Hughes • Democratic
C+
1912
1912 Democratic Party Platform
Woodrow Wilson • Democratic
B+
1912
Republican Party Platform of 1912
William Howard Taft • Democratic
B-
1908
1908 Democratic Party Platform
William Jennings Bryan • Republican
B
1908
Republican Party Platform of 1908
William Howard Taft • Republican
B
1904
1904 Democratic Party Platform
Alton B. Parker • Republican
B
1904
Republican Party Platform of 1904
Theodore Roosevelt • Republican
B
1900
1900 Democratic Party Platform
William Jennings Bryan • Republican
B-
1900
Republican Party Platform of 1900
William McKinley • Republican
B
1896
1896 Democratic Party Platform
William Jennings Bryan • Republican
C+
1896
Republican Party Platform of 1896
William McKinley • Republican
B+
1892
1892 Democratic Party Platform
Grover Cleveland • Democratic
C
1892
Republican Party Platform of 1892
Benjamin Harrison • Democratic
B
1888
1888 Democratic Party Platform
Grover Cleveland • Republican
B
1888
Republican Party Platform of 1888
Benjamin Harrison • Republican
B
1884
1884 Democratic Party Platform
Grover Cleveland • Democratic
C+
1884
Republican Party Platform of 1884
James G. Blaine • Democratic
C+
1880
1880 Democratic Party Platform
Winfield Scott Hancock • Republican
C+
1880
Republican Party Platform of 1880
James A. Garfield • Republican
C+
1876
1876 Democratic Party Platform
Samuel J. Tilden • Republican
C+
1876
Republican Party Platform of 1876
Rutherford B. Hayes • Republican
C
1872
1872 Democratic Party Platform
Horace Greeley • Republican
C+
1872
Liberal Republican Platform of 1872
Ulysses S. Grant • Republican
C+
1872
Republican Party Platform of 1872
Ulysses S. Grant • Republican
B-
1868
1868 Democratic Party Platform
Horatio Seymour • Republican
D+
1868
Republican Party Platform of 1868
Ulysses S. Grant • Republican
B+
1864
1864 Democratic Party Platform
George B. McClellan • Republican
C
1864
Republican Party Platform of 1864
Abraham Lincoln • Republican
A-
1860
1860 Democratic Party Platform
Stephen A. Douglas • Republican
D+
1860
Democratic Party Platform (Breckinridge Faction) of 1860
Stephen A. Douglas • Republican
D
1860
Republican Party Platform of 1860
Abraham Lincoln • Republican
A-
1856
1856 Democratic Party Platform
James Buchanan • Democratic
D
1856
Republican Party Platform of 1856
John C. Frémont • Democratic
A-
1852
1852 Democratic Party Platform
Franklin Pierce • Unknown
D+
1848
1848 Democratic Party Platform
Lewis Cass • Unknown
C
1844
1844 Democratic Party Platform
James K. Polk • Unknown
B
1840
1840 Democratic Party Platform
Martin Van Buren • Unknown
C+
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