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You're not wrong, but conventions are more than a media show, even when they're uncontested. It's where the nominee for Vice President is chosen and the party p
by justinlardinois 10y ago
You're not wrong, but conventions are more than a media show, even when they're uncontested. It's where the nominee for Vice President is chosen and the party platform for that year is drafted. The party usually defers to the presidential nominee for the former and vice versa for the latter, but Trump and the party are so at odds on so many things that those two things may not be a cut and dried as they usually are.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> It's where the nominee for Vice President is chosen Formally, just as it is formally where the nominee for President is chosen. In reality, this usually happens (and is announced) prior to the convention. > and the party platform for that year is drafted. Arguably, the party platform is largely irrelevant, since there is no accountability to it, and individual candidates own campaigns (including the Presidential ticket) establish their own effective campaign platform (which usually doesn't take the form of a single formal document, but is presented through individual issue papers, the campaign website, stump speeches, etc.), which can be very different from what is in the party document.