Judy Woodruff from PBS NEWSHOUR anchors primetime coverage of the 2020 Democratic National Convention with reports from the floor, podium and outside the venue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A digital livestream of the convention will be available on the website and YouTube.
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Next: Coverage of the Republican National Convention begins Monday, August 24.
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Key speakers for Night 4 of the Democratic National Convention: Democratic nominee for president Joe Biden, Sen. Cory Booker, Andrew Yang.
Key speakers for Night 3 of the Democratic National Convention: Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama.
ey speakers for Night 2 of the Democratic National Convention: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, former President Bill Clinton and former second lady Jill Biden.
Join the PBS NewsHour for special coverage of the first night of the Democratic National Convention.
It’s been a decades since the presidential nominee from either party was in question, or even challenged, at the national nominating conventions, so why do we still have them? Costas Panagopoulos, chair of the political science department at Northeastern University, says conventions have largely become orchestrated pep rallies that are more about boosting enthusiasm for the candidate than picking one. Conventions have morphed to reflect changes in society’s expectations, says Marvin Overby, director of the school of public affairs at Penn State, Harrisburg. PBS NewsHour’s William Brangham reports on why conventions still matter.
The pandemic is pushing more voters to cast ballots by mail. While most evidence shows that voting fraud is extremely rare, President Trump has been claiming the opposite. Now he's criticizing the idea of more funding for the U.S. Postal Service, which congressional Democrats say is needed to support the increase in mail-in voting. William Brangham talks to ProPublica’s Jessica Huseman.
