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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > campaigns, elections and electoral behavior > political campaign management > convention delegates

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convention delegates  

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  • EVERY FOUR YEARS, American national political parties gather to officially nominate their candidate for president and conduct other party business, such as deciding the party platform. The nature of these conventions as well as the number and selection methods for delegates to those conventions has changed over time. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Delegates, Convention]

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