Strip off the platform rhetoric and what you are left with?
揭掉那一套竞选政纲的花言巧语，你还剩下什么？
plank and platform
n.1. 政见与竞选纲领
fight the election/come to power on a platform of economic reform
以经济改革为政纲竞选/掌权
The main plank in his election campaign is tax reform.
他竞选运动的主要政纲是税制改革。
Candidates generally do not campaign on party platforms, but on inpidual platforms.
候选人一级不以党派纲领进行竞选，而是以个人政见进行竞选。
Candidates for public office submit their platforms, or programs, to the voters for their scrutiny and approval.
竞选公职的候选人向选民提出他们的政纲和计划，让选民细阅和表示同意。
Once in power, a government is often judged by how many of its manifesto promises it manages to deliver.
一旦当选，人们通常会以执政党兑现了多少竞选纲领中的承诺来判断政府的业绩。
Main policies and aims of a political party, esp as stated before an election;manifesto
（政党的）纲领；（尤指选举前发表的）政纲；宣言
The pair campaigned on a platform to improve cross-Strait relations.
马萧配的竞选纲领就是改善两岸关系。
the silver plank of the 1896 Democratic platform.
1896年民主党竞选纲领中的银本位经济思想
On Economic Politics--Understangding Politics from Public Choice Theory Perspective;
经济政治学论纲——理解政治的公共选择理论视角
major party
(有竞选力量的)主要政党
Now they had to decide how to put their programme across to the electorate.
现在他们得决定如何让选民相信他们的政纲。
Frankly speaking, however, we were really disturbed by certain statements Mr. Reagan made in his election platform.
坦率地说，里根先生在竞选纲领中说的有些话确实使我们有所不安。
This campaign should be based on the administration's record.
这次竞选应以政府的政绩为基
A preliminary election in which the registered voters of a political party nominate candidates for office.
初选某一政党已登记的选民提名参加公职竞选候选人的初选
Party Competition and Welfare Policies:An Analysis of the Welfare Policy Claims in the Ruling Parties' Manifestoes in the UK General Elections since 1950
解析当代英国执政党竞选中的福利主张——政党竞争与福利政策
When he decides to run for President to unleash his trademark comic rants on the powers that be, something extraordinary happens - he wins!
想不到大众对他的政纲非常受落，电脑故障更令他在大选中胜出！