Where should the 2020 Democratic National Convention be located?

[McKinney]

Pittsburgh, Pa. would be a great choice for a lot of reasons.
Other good ones would be any cities in these states: Arizona; Florida; Missouri; Ohio; or Wisconsin.
Atlanta would be a possibility too!

[SCNCmod]

1) Arizona
2) Florida
3) Atlanta, GA

[R/H]

I think it should be held in the Midwest because that's the region that helped Donald Trump to win. So I would say Ohio, Michigan or Wisconsin. But my first choice would be Ohio, probably in Columbus.

[Rjjr77]

Who says it has to be a big city?  Why couldn't it be Erie, Pennsylvania?

Things 5 things absolutely necessary for a political convention:
1. Large amount of hotel rooms
2. Large airport in city's metropolitan area
3. At the bare minimum a level 2 trauma center located in the vicinity of the convention site.
4. Police resources able to handle crowds and protestors of a large magnitude, this includes training and equipment, not just bodies.
5. Large arena that is also able to be set back from residential units by security checkpoints creating a secure perimeter.

[heatcharger]

Any location will probably be fine, but I'd be happy with Orlando or Chicago; Orlando because Florida will remain an extremely important state in 2020 and Chicago because it's the heart of the Midwest, and probably deserves to be rewarded for its Democratic loyalty.

[Strudelcutie4427]

South Chicago, IL

[BuckeyeNut]

Columbus, Ohio.

[Rjjr77]

Columbus, Ohio.

With the the expansion of that convention center and the new Hilton, it really helps them. The airport still needs to get better, that's probably columbus' only thing holding it back from receiving huge national conventions.

[Hoosier_Nick]

It's gotta be in the Midwest (including Pennsylvania in that region). As much as I would love to establish the Sun Belt, it looks to be out of reach for 2020. My top picks would be Philadelphia or Pittsburgh, but we were just in Pennsylvania, so probably not either of those. My next pick would be Columbus, OH.

[NeederNodder]

1) Detroit
2) Tampa
3) Atlanta

[Proud Family Values]

A small city.

Omaha, Nebraska
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nashville, Tennessee
St. Louis, Missouri

If its a large city, then I'd do it in Houston.

[MAINEiac4434]

Pittsburgh and Milwaukee spring to mind.

[Interlocutor]

I'd be alright with either Atlanta or Phoenix.

2024 should absolutely be in Texas. If so, Houston

[NOVA Green]

Has anyone actually run numbers in recent political cycles the correlate the location of major political party convention in a given Metro Area/State with actual electoral outcomes???

What I am getting at, is there might be some positive local news cycles, business owners making some bucks off of a major party convention and all that within a given city/metro region/ state, but honestly I am not convinced that this really amounts to a hill of beans when voters go to the ballot boxes in the cold early Winter weather of the Midwest & Northeast, let along in the balmy sweaty late Fall of the Sun Belt....

In theory, holding a major party convention might be a telegraphing of interest in a given region or demographic group to spark enthusiam, but does it really pan out in terms of actual votes?

Personally, I would go with the Sun Belt---- Houston, Phoenix, & Atlanta all have a bunch to offer, but I still question the very logic that location of a convention will impact electoral results in any meaningful way within a given Metro Area/State/Region....

Maybe I'm wrong.... optics and messaging likely play a much bigger role than location in this "game" that we call politics.

[falling apart like the ashes of American flags]

Why on Earth do people keep thinking it must be in a swing state? Does anyone think it actually sways any voters?

I didn't talk to anyone in 2008 who voted for McCain just because the RNC was here.

[MAINEiac4434]

Why on Earth do people keep thinking it must be in a swing state? Does anyone think it actually sways any voters?

I didn't talk to anyone in 2008 who voted for McCain just because the RNC was here.

It shows those voters we haven't forgotten them.

Having it in a safe state is terrible from an optics standpoint. We'd just be running away to our liberal bubble probably to nominate a liberal.

[Drew]

Phoenix, Atlanta, Detroit, Dallas, or Houston.

[falling apart like the ashes of American flags]

Why on Earth do people keep thinking it must be in a swing state? Does anyone think it actually sways any voters?

I didn't talk to anyone in 2008 who voted for McCain just because the RNC was here.

It shows those voters we haven't forgotten them.

Having it in a safe state is terrible from an optics standpoint. We'd just be running away to our liberal bubble probably to nominate a liberal.

How many voters are even aware of the state the convention is in much less let it affect their votes?

Once again I never met someone who said "oh gee it was nice if the Republicans to hold their convention here, for that I'm voting McCain."

[Mr. Morden]

Why on Earth do people keep thinking it must be in a swing state? Does anyone think it actually sways any voters?

I didn't talk to anyone in 2008 who voted for McCain just because the RNC was here.

It shows those voters we haven't forgotten them.

Having it in a safe state is terrible from an optics standpoint. We'd just be running away to our liberal bubble probably to nominate a liberal.

How many voters are even aware of the state the convention is in much less let it affect their votes?

Once again I never met someone who said "oh gee it was nice if the Republicans to hold their convention here, for that I'm voting McCain."

The only way in which I could imagine it having an impact is if any "buzz" in the host city about the convention being held there causes a few additional people to watch some of the convention coverage.  But I assume that's so minor as to be unmeasurable.  Has anyone ever looked at the TV ratings for the conventions in the host city compared to non-host cities?