Dusted off this old game again and have a question about creating a custom race.

Do the political party attributes stack with the ability bonus's you select on race creation?

For some reason I have it in my head that duplication of abilites/attributes did not so there was not much point in taking a bonus in creativity then take the political party that gives you the +20 and +1 sensors. You would only wind up with the higher of the 2 rather then having them stack.

I could be mistaken but if someone could clarify I would appreciate it.