Why do political parties try to become as large as possible and broaden
their platforms?

The larger a political party is the greater it's influence. As a political party grows in size it makes it easier to recruit more members. Think about it, more people are likely to join a political party that's popular and that they've heard of before than an obscure one. The bigger the political party gets the more resources they gain through donations. They are also able to communicate their ideas to more people. If a political party has more resources they can use lobbyists and afford more political advertisements as well. In this way they gain strength and are able to maximize their popularity and the likelihood that any candidate they back wins a given election

Explanation:

- "sack of constantinople, (april 1204). the diversion of the fourth crusade from the holy land to attack, capture, and pillage the byzantine city of constantinople divided and dissipated the efforts of the christians to maintain the war against the muslims. the fourth crusade was corrupted from its purpose early on."

- "the crusades were a series of religious wars undertaken by the latin church. the first crusade arose after a call to arms in 1095 sermons by pope urban ii. the first crusade unleashed a wave of impassioned, pious catholic fury, which was of constantinople, the capital of the christian-controlled byzantine empire."

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