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SYFROYH

(34,204 posts)
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 03:03 PM Apr 2023

AJC: Atlanta loses bid for Democratic National Convention to Chicago



In a blow to Democrats in Georgia and across the South, the Democratic National Committee selected Chicago as the site of its 2024 convention despite a strong push for Atlanta to host the political spectacle.


Party officials announced that Chicago would host the convention, dashing hopes of top state Democrats who had lobbied President Joe Biden and his allies relentlessly for the quadrennial event.

They hoped it would showcase Georgia’s growing political importance as one of the nation’s premier battleground states. But instead the convention went to Chicago, the biggest city in one of the nation’s most solidly Democratic states.

https://www.ajc.com/politics/atlanta-loses-bid-for-democratic-national-convention-to-chicago/GLMOV35VZNFJVNDIMDDHT4YZPA/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_6592859


It is a shame. I'm not sure Chicago helps us as much as a Wisconsin or Michigan or Georgia convention would.
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AJC: Atlanta loses bid for Democratic National Convention to Chicago (Original Post) SYFROYH Apr 2023 OP
I don't know if the location of a convention has ever made a difference Ocelot II Apr 2023 #1

Ocelot II

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1. I don't know if the location of a convention has ever made a difference
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 03:11 PM
Apr 2023

in the outcome of an election. Chicago is a better location than Atlanta for a summer convention anyhow.

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