2020 Presidential Conventions
Vox follows the latest developments and news around the four-day Democratic National Convention and Republican National Convention happening in August.
Clinton’s DNC speech showcased a Democratic Party broadly moving left.
She spoke in front of an empty classroom at the high school where she once taught.
A rare political address that genuinely spoke to the moment.
Ocasio-Cortez called for ambitious progressive solutions to some of the country’s biggest problems.
Jill Biden stepped out, the roll call stood out, and the conventional format went out the window.
What’s in the platform, what’s controversial about it, and what it all means.
Floyd’s brother and Garner’s mother called America to action on the first night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
TV is an intimate medium. In her DNC speech, Michelle Obama showed she knows how to play to it.
Bipartisanship and moderation — not revolution — defined the first night of the convention.
The necklace went viral during the former first lady’s speech at the DNC on Monday.
In 2016, she sounded a message of hope. In 2020, she struck a somewhat more ominous tune.
“He’s looking at an across-the-board restoration project,” said a former Obama administration official.
In 2017, Trump promised to end “this American carnage.” Four years later, carnage defines his presidency.
Winner: Real people. Loser: Lecterns.
The former first lady implored voters to oust Trump.
Sanders drew a stark contrast between Trump and a left-leaning Biden presidency for the DNC.
Democrats are telling their voters not to trust the post office.
“I know the measure of the man. Reasonable. Faithful. Respectful. And no one pushes Joe around.”
She said her father’s mistake was trusting Trump’s public health advice.
A fairly normal move that reveals the left’s underlying distrust of Joe Biden.
Conventions usually shake up polling in the short term, but do those effects last?
Democrats have scheduled a convention that’s more about celebrating the past than winning the future.
“This is a very serious time”: The coronavirus has reshaped the Democratic National Convention.
DNC leaders have decided to delay the convention amid the coronavirus crisis.
Despite major progressive activism, the North Carolina city’s council agreed to host the RNC.