Background: Complete Texts of the Democratic, Republican Platforms

By National Journal Staff

Updated: September 4, 2012 | 8:14 p.m.
September 4, 2012 | 1:47 p.m.

A Secret Service agent stands guard at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Now that the Democratic Party has released its platform, there will be much comparing and contrasting between it and the Republican Party platform released in advance of last week's GOP convention.

Below are the two parties' platforms in their entirety, from the Republican and Democratic party websites.

2012 Democratic Platform

2012 GOP Platform

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