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Article: Conventions, Party Nominating
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CONVENTIONS, PARTY NOMINATING
CONVENTIONS, PARTY NOMINATING,
take place at the state and national levels to nominate party candidates, and shape party strategies. Part carnival, part revival, and part business meeting, these colorful conclaves have been both the stuff of political legend and forums for serious debate. Great battles have broken out in these quintessentially American institutions over particular policies and specific candidates, as well as over broader tensions between democratic and elite rule, between substance and style, between leading and following the people.
First Conventions
Originally, state legislators and party bosses nominated party candidates. Nationally, ...