Week 5 Discussion 1, Party Platforms & Winning Elections Political parties mobilize voters to win elections & implement policy goals. Parties use their stated policy goals (i.e., their platforms) as a way to mobilize voter support. Generally, in order to be successful in a two-party system, parties must have policy goals across a broad range of issue areas to appeal to a broad range of voters. For this discussion, you will identify one issue area that you want investigate. Use the resources required for this discussion to gather information about the goals & proposals, in that issue area, of three political parties the Democratic & Republican parties & a third party. For this discussion I have chosen the topic of stem cell research as my issue area. Stem cell research is viewed as a...