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US election process explained: This is how the next president will be elected
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US election process explained: This is how the next president will be elected

Hindustan Times  

As the countdown to the United States general election begins, the nation is immersed in a whirlwind of political debates, campaign rallies, fundraisers, endorsements, and relentless social media chatter, all aimed at determining the next occupant of the White House. US election process explained as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald to take on Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris in …

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With conventions over, a 10-week sprint to the White House begins
4 months ago

With conventions over, a 10-week sprint to the White House begins

LA Times  

Luca Bernansconi, from New Jersey, sits alone in the stands after the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention at United Center in Chicago on Thursday night. “Step 2 is always the most difficult one.” “We’ve seen it in every presidential campaign, and Step 2 usually happens post-conventions, post-Labor Day, when the bell rings,” he added. “What I think is really …

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What to watch on the Democratic National Convention’s third day in Chicago
4 months ago

What to watch on the Democratic National Convention’s third day in Chicago

Associated Press  

▶ Follow the AP’s live coverage and analysis from the 2024 Democratic National Convention. After receiving the blessing of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, the focus on the second to last day of the DNC shifts to Kamala Harris’ vice presidential running mate, Minnesota Gov. The former school teacher and football coach is expected to …

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Why do US parties hold presidential conventions? What to know, in 500 words
4 months, 1 week ago

Why do US parties hold presidential conventions? What to know, in 500 words

Al Jazeera  

Conventions are where US political parties officially choose their presidential candidates. Elaine Kamarck, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, described the conventions as “the last word” in the presidential nomination process. “The legal authority for choosing the nominee of the party is with the convention, not actually with the primary voters.” Each convention includes a series …

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Trump vs. Harris will seem compressed. But it’s the norm elsewhere.
5 months ago

Trump vs. Harris will seem compressed. But it’s the norm elsewhere.

Raw Story  

As news broke that President Joe Biden would exit the 2024 presidential election, Republicans cried foul. And so far, there’s not much of a legal case to be made by Republicans, as Biden had not been officially selected as the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee. This unexpectedly shorter presidential election season — at least between the two new opponents in …

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How Smithsonian curators scavenge political conventions
5 months, 1 week ago

How Smithsonian curators scavenge political conventions

Raw Story  

Thousands of Republicans, from a presidential candidate to grassroots party members, began assembling in Milwaukee on July 15, 2024, for that quadrennial political ritual, the party convention. They’re self-described “scavengers” of the physical objects that make up political campaign history, from candidate buttons to signs, banners and anything else that can enter the Smithsonian’s campaign collection – which dates back …

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Why AP is calling Trump and Biden ‘presumptive nominees’ for president
10 months ago

Why AP is calling Trump and Biden ‘presumptive nominees’ for president

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It’s official: Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have won enough delegates to be called presumptive presidential nominees. While Biden and Trump were the last remaining major candidates for their parties’ 2024 presidential nominations, The Associated Press only uses the designation “presumptive nominee” once a candidate has captured the number of delegates needed to win …

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Michigan Republicans plan dueling conventions for presidential nomination as turmoil continues
10 months ago

Michigan Republicans plan dueling conventions for presidential nomination as turmoil continues

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Republicans’ clash over leadership of their state party could mean dueling presidential nominating conventions will take place March 2, even though the national Republican Party has said members properly removed former chair Kristina Karamo. Former Congressman Pete Hoekstra, the new Michigan GOP chair as recognized by the Republican National Committee, announced Tuesday that the state Republican …

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Why AP isn’t using ‘presumptive nominee’ to describe leading presidential candidates
11 months ago

Why AP isn’t using ‘presumptive nominee’ to describe leading presidential candidates

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — There often comes a time in modern presidential campaigns when the last bit of drama has been drained out of a party nomination fight and the crowning of the eventual standard-bearer seems like a foregone conclusion. Though you may start to hear them referred to as their parties’ “presumptive nominees,” The Associated Press only uses that term once …

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Here's What Voters Thought Of The 2020 Presidential Conventions
4 years, 3 months ago

Here's What Voters Thought Of The 2020 Presidential Conventions

Huff Post  

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump at the White House on the last night of the Republican National Convention on Aug. 27. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images This year’s presidential nominating conventions served to confirm many voters’ opinions about Joe Biden and Donald Trump, according to two HuffPost/YouGov polls taken after the Democratic and Republican gatherings. …

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Conventions Bring Sharper Faith Appeals From Both Parties
4 years, 3 months ago

Conventions Bring Sharper Faith Appeals From Both Parties

NPR  

Conventions Bring Sharper Faith Appeals From Both Parties Enlarge this image toggle caption Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via AP Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via AP The 2020 presidential election is likely once again to feature religion as a campaign issue, if the Republican and …

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DNC and RNC 2020: Virtual conventions should be the new norm
4 years, 4 months ago

DNC and RNC 2020: Virtual conventions should be the new norm

LA Times  

Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, at right, wave to supporters onscreen along with Sen. Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, at left. Throw an unconventional convention, as the Democrats did this week for former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris. The Republicans will have the chance to put their …

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How Did Political Conventions in the US Evolve?
4 years, 4 months ago

How Did Political Conventions in the US Evolve?

The Quint  

Politics, like everything else in American life, is being reshaped by the pandemic and by technology. Most notably, President Donald Trump will give his renomination acceptance speech at another location – first planned to be in Jacksonville, Florida, but which now might be at the White House, or possibly the Gettysburg battlefield, but which could theoretically happen anywhere. These technological …

Political conventions today are for partying and pageantry, not picking nominees
4 years, 4 months ago

Political conventions today are for partying and pageantry, not picking nominees

Salon  

In August the Democratic and Republican national conventions will take on new, uncharted formats. Initially, conventions were insulated meetings of representatives from the state parties, with convention delegates on their own determining which candidate became the party's presidential nominee. By the early 20th century, convention participants began to receive information about public preferences from commercial public opinion polls and a …

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Convention speeches are an art. How Biden and Trump can get it right, virtually
4 years, 4 months ago

Convention speeches are an art. How Biden and Trump can get it right, virtually

LA Times  

The impresarios of the Democratic and Republican national conventions are facing the same theatrical problem that playwrights, stand-up comics and concert singers have been grappling with since the pandemic darkened our stages: how to simulate the look, sound and feel of live performance. Recall Barack Obama’s keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004, a speech that …

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No hoopla: Virus upends Trump and Biden convention plans
4 years, 4 months ago

No hoopla: Virus upends Trump and Biden convention plans

India Today  

At the last minute, President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, are searching for places to impressively yet safely accept their parties’ presidential nominations as the spread of the coronavirus adds fresh uncertainty to the campaign for the White House. Trump said Wednesday he’s considering giving his Aug. 27 acceptance speech on the grounds of the White House, …

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