Political platform

A component of a political platform is often called a plank – the opinions and viewpoints about an individual topic, as held by a party, person, or organization.

The metaphor can return to its literal origin when public speaking or debates are actually held upon a physical platform.

Across the Western world, political parties in power are highly likely to fulfill their election promises, research has found.

The word platform comes from Middle French plate-forme, literally meaning "flat form".

[5] A 2017 study in the American Journal of Political Science that analyzed 12 countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States) found that political parties in government fulfill their election promises to voters to a considerable extent.