The Democratic National Committee Platform and the CTBT
Arms Control NOW
Authored by Shervin Taheran on July 21, 2016
The 2016 Democratic Party Platform, which was released on July 21, says that Democrats "will strengthen the [nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty], push for the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, and stop the spread of loose nuclear material."
This is modified slightly from the 2012 party platform which declares: "We will also work to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and seek a new Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty that prohibits the production of fissile materials intended for use in nuclear weapons."
While the 2016 Republican Party Platform does not specifically mention the CTBT, it states: "We should abandon arms control treaties that benefit our adversaries without improving our national security."