comparing the platforms of the Democratic and Republican parties in a specific election year, and determining whether or not there is a significant difference between them.

1) Visit my website’s collection of political party platforms at:
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/platforms.php
Links to an external site.
2) Choose any election year in the 20th Century and read both the Democratic and Republican Party platforms from that year.
3) Please respond to this question:
“Note the areas of similarity and difference between the two parties’ platforms. In the election year you chose to examine, would you say that observers who claim, “there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the two parties” are correct? Choose ten (10) different public policy issues from both the domestic policy (choose 5) and foreign policy spheres (choose another 5) and explain the differences between the parties (if any). If there is no difference in the policy issues you choose, explain why you think there is no difference. Give evidence to support your answer.”