Before the senator's dramatic floor speech, the bill must be drafted; the convention pageantry is typically preceded by the monthslong slog of drawing up a party platform.

在参议员戏剧性的演讲之前，必须起草好法案；在党代会盛大举行之前，通常会有长达数月的起草党纲的苦差事。

At the convention, party leaders, delegates, and members gather to set the party's platform, their stances on major issues like health care, the economy, and climate change.

在大会上，党派领导人、代表和成员聚集在一起制定党派的纲领，他们在医疗保健、经济和气候变化等重大问题上的立场。

Now, Dad's a news fiend, but for him, this is not just red or blue, swing states or party platforms. He has some really specific intentions.

现在，爸爸是个新闻迷， 但对他来说， 这不仅仅是红色或蓝色、摇摆州或政党纲领。他有一些非常具体的意图。

That’s where political parties come in, as well as interest groups, like political action committees, which organize around particular issues rather than around a whole party platform.

这就是政党以及利益集团（如政治行动委员会）发挥作用的地方，它们围绕特定问题而不是围绕整个政党纲领组织起来。

Though the party platform was conservative in tone, he gave it a progressive tinge by expressing his personal belief in the popular election of United States Senators, an income tax, and other liberal measures.

尽管党纲基调保守，但他表达了他对美国参议员普选、所得税和其他自由措施的个人信念， 从而赋予其进步色彩。