Political Party And Abilities

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I'm sure this has been addressed somewhere in this forum, but I can't find the correct information, so please excuse any redundancy.
But I'm at a bit of a loss as to what the point of choosing a political party is. When I select a party (Populists for example), the screen says this gives a +20 Morale and +20 Diplomacy (I think..), but in the Abilities box below, nothing happens, and I have to manually choose my desired abilites. Yes, I can pick +20 Morale and Diplomacy, but I don't have to, so why choose a political party if that choice doesn't actually do anything? I could pick Warlord and give myself all sorts of social and technological abilities, making the Warlord selection pointless.
If anyone could point me in the direction of a thread that answers this, or perhaps fill me in on what I'm missing, that'd be great!
Thanks very much.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
You get two sets of bonues, one from the party you chose another set from the ten ability points.

~SDC~
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
The ten ability points add on to what you already have in your party. Thus, if you take Populists and then take a 10% morale bonus in the abilities too, you'd have a total of 30% The ability is 10 in addition to what you took. It doesn't keep a cummulative total, however.
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Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
It actually is not "invisible". You can see it in your civ. stats in the game.