The 2024 Republican platform was its shortest since 1952
Source. Comparative Agendas Project, party platforms
Method and data
Method. Count of quasi-sentences per platform in the Comparative Agendas Project files. The Republican line carries the 2016 count at 2020 because the 2020 convention kept the 2016 platform.
| Election year | Democratic platform, quasi-sentences | Republican platform, quasi-sentences | Republican platform in force, quasi-sentences | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 193 | 145 | 145 | |
| 1952 | 378 | 281 | 281 | |
| 1956 | 522 | 493 | 493 | |
| 1960 | 765 | 479 | 479 | |
| 1964 | 846 | 367 | 367 | |
| 1968 | 743 | 488 | 488 | |
| 1972 | 1,194 | 1,162 | 1,162 | |
| 1976 | 902 | 1,002 | 1,002 | |
| 1980 | 1,792 | 1,519 | 1,519 | |
| 1984 | 1,730 | 1,476 | 1,476 | |
| 1988 | 133 | 1,910 | 1,910 | |
| 1992 | 410 | 1,563 | 1,563 | |
| 1996 | 842 | 1,392 | 1,392 | |
| 2000 | 1,134 | 1,609 | 1,609 | |
| 2004 | 895 | 1,847 | 1,847 | |
| 2008 | 1,154 | 1,060 | 1,060 | |
| 2012 | 1,127 | 1,398 | 1,398 | |
| 2016 | 1,193 | 1,645 | 1,645 | |
| 2020 | 1,672 | 1,645 | Republican National Convention adjourned without a new platform and kept the 2016 platform (RNC resolution, Aug 24, 2020) | |
| 2024 | 2,028 | 320 | 320 |
