Will there be a virtual balloon-drop? That is about the only intrigue left when it comes to what will happen at this year’s national political conventions. Even more so than usual, the chance for high ...

I’ve written previously for Poynter about my fondness for covering the quadrennial Democratic and Republican conventions. Recently, I realized that some of my souvenirs from those conventions ...

WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – National political conventions are a rare opportunity for politicians to greet a national audience and make a big impression. Sometimes those moments are career-makers.

Party conventions used to nominate presidential candidates. Now that's all done in advance. Next week's Republican Party convention plans to break with tradition. Instead of waiting until Wednesday, ...

Political conventions can be decisive in shaping national politics and campaigns, even if they don’t decide the nominees for president anymore. Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore gained between ...

Bill Salisbury, who in almost 50 years as a political reporter with the Pioneer Press covered 40 sessions of the Minnesota Legislature, eight governors as well as presidential visits and state and ...

Political conventions were still held during the Civil War and WW2 but can they be held during the coronavirus pandemic? Organizers and politicians are adapting to the challenges faced by the ...

Now that they’re over, let’s be honest about political conventions. They’re theater, they’re propaganda, they’re pep rallies. Nothing meaningful happens at them. First established in the 1830s, they ...

National party conventions, which long ago ceded the job of choosing presidential nominees to the primaries and caucuses, have two remaining jobs. The first one is public: The conventions are a ...