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Jacobin American
Junior Chimp
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« on: August 08, 2017, 05:23:07 PM » |
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Some of you guys are mentioning cities that are simply too small to provide the kind of infrastructure needed to support a party convention. You can eliminate any metro of fewer than one million people from the discussion. Next, a city has to have a solicited bid that is accepted by the party. So, if a city doesn't bid, then it won't even be in the contest. Can anyone imagine a city like New York, under the leadership of a Democrat like de Blasio (assuming he or a similar liberal figure is Mayor at the time), would place such a bid for the RNC?
I suspect the Democratic convention will be held in a Democratic city in a swing to lean-R states in the Midwest, such as St. Louis, Columbus, Milwaukee, or Pittsburgh. The Republican convention will either seek to symbolize reaching outward by selecting a city in a battleground state or express its focus on its base by choosing a city in a Republican state. I think Las Vegas, Charlotte, Atlanta, and Orlando are likely in the former case, while Oklahoma City, Nashville, and Dallas are likely in the latter.
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