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Republicans, Democrats Adapt Conventions to COVID Pandemic

Steve Redisch

   It may not have been as large as he had hoped, but President Donald
   Trump got his wish to deliver his acceptance speech before a live crowd
   to close the 2020 Republican National Convention.

   Both political parties had to grapple with the reality that the
   coronavirus pandemic would not allow the staging of a traditional
   convention, with thousands of people crowded into sports arenas.

   Democrats, instead, held a "virtual convention," using a combination of
   messages from party leaders recorded from their homes, slickly produced
   promotional videos and user-generated content woven around a handful of
   live events to produce what could be described as a social media feed
   of political content.

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