WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The United States has held presidential nominating conventions for almost 200 years, and they have served in recent decades as an important televised introduction to each party's candidate in the final months before the election.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - The United States has held presidential nominating conventions for almost 200 years, and they have served in recent decades as an important televised introduction to each party's candidate in the final months before the election.
The last time a nomination was in much doubt as a convention opened was 1976, when Republican President Gerald Ford held off Ronald Reagan in Kansas City, Missouri. The Democratic convention runs Monday through Thursday . The Republican convention will be held from Aug 24 to 27. Both will be mostly virtual this year, because of the coronavirus pandemic.
But the conventions also provide a chance for the parties to highlight people they view as up-and-coming political stars.
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