What is one way that parties promote their platforms? They ask voters for monetary contributions to a campaign fund.
They purchase media advertisements to attack the character of opposing candidates
They make sure that all eligible voters in an area can and will vote.
They encourage and participate in debates over differing ideologies.

they promote by sliding across each other and vibrating

china unilaterally claims the entire south china sea as sovereign territory, then builds artificial islands to bolster its claim. it suddenly activates an air defense identification zone over the east china sea, and threatens to down any aircraft that does not report its position. it builds roads into indian territory, then redraws the maps to show that it is actually chinese territory. the people's republic under president xi jinping is quickly becoming the bully of asia.