Open nominating conventions used to be the norm in American politics. One reason the major parties moved away from them was to avoid chaos.

Panelists talked about national party conventions, the history of the presidential nominating system, and changes in the way America now selects its presidential candidates. Participants, most of ...

The 2024 Democratic National Convention is expected to look a lot different in a couple of weeks with the party hosting its first open convention in more than 50 years.

After opening remarks by James Thurber and Mike Berman, panelists discussed the history of political conventions. Topics included the present importance of presidential conventions, historical ...

Why it matters: Delegates have mostly played a symbolic role in recent history, but their place in the nomination process gained attention even before Biden's dropped presidential bid.

Democrats delayed their presidential nominating convention Thursday until the week of Aug. 17 to increase the likelihood that the party can still hold an in-person gathering in Milwaukee amid the ...

LOS ANGELES -- Al Gore, the senator's son, was born in the election year of 1948, and the arc of his life can be traced through the history of Democratic conventions staged in the 52 years since ...

Jul. 29—In 1924, Democrats convened in New York for what became history's longest presidential nominating convention. With 103 ballots over 16 days, they selected former congressman and ...

There hasn't been a seriously contested nominating convention in decades, and a look at history helps explain why: Candidates who needed multiple ballots to get nominated usually didn't go on to win ...

WASHINGTON ― The Democratic National Committee plans to plow ahead with a virtual nomination ahead of next month's convention as Vice President Kamala Harris gathers the support she needs from ...

Nominating conventions are traditionally meant to be media bonanzas, and if the GOP decision stands, it will mark the first party nominating convention in modern history to be closed to reporters.

The No Labels third party announced Sunday that it plans to hold a nominating convention in April for the 2024 presidential election. Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, the founding chair of the centrist ...