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3.Describe the characteristics and functions of American political parties. ◦Explain the relationship between the national political parties and the state political parties. ◦Review the Texas Democratic Party platform and the Texas Republican Party platform and explain the differences. ◦Compare each state party platform to its national party platform counterpart and explain the differences between the national and state party platforms. ◦Why do you believe differences would exist between the national and state party platforms?