Robin Kolodny explains what happens at the momentous political gatherings that take place every four years. More than parties, she says.
Expert: Robin Kolodny
Title: Chair and professor, Department of Political Science
Areas of interest: Campaign finance, comparative politics, electoral systems, legislative studies, policy studies, political consultants, political parties
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Protests, parties, and the traditional pomp and circumstance: That s what many are expecting of the political conventions steadfastly approaching.
But what else should we look for? Apart from the official nominations being made for each party s presumptive nominees, why will Democrats gather en masse in Philadelphia, the Republicans in Cleveland? We turned to Temple s Political Science Department Chair Robin Kolodny for answers, starting with a simple question: What happens at a political convention?
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