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Christanford Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Running on a platform

Hi,

He could further increase his chance of victory by joining forces with Ashraf Ghani, the former finance minister who is also running on a platform fiercely critical of Karzai.

What does the phrase in blue mean?

Thanks in advance
  

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running - running for election. A person who is "running" is a candidate in an election. on a platform - based on certain stated principles A candidate's platform is his list of principles and proposed policies.

— CalifJim

  • running - running for election.
  • A person who is "running" is a candidate in an election.
  • on a platform - based on certain stated principles A candidate's platform is his list of principles and proposed policies.
  • If voters like his platform, they like his ideas about what he intends to do if elected.
  • So he's trying to be elected by proposing policies stated in ways that show that he is fiercely critical of Karzai.
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running - running for election. A person who is "running" is a candidate in an election.

on a platform - based on certain stated principles

A candidate's platform is his list of principles and proposed policies. If voters like his platform, they like his ideas about what he intends to do if elected.

So he's trying to be elected by proposing policies stated in ways tha
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