Philadelphia Lands 2016 Democratic Convention
February 12, 2015
Philadelphia has been awarded the 2016 Democratic National Convention, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. This will be the third DNC in Philadelphia. The first occurred in 1936, nominating Franklin Roosevelt for his second term. In 1948, Harry Truman was nominated for his first full term.
The 2016 Republican National Convention will take place a week earlier, in Cleveland Ohio.
With both nominating conventions in July vs. late August (Republicans) and early September (Democrats) in 2012, the general election campaign will be about a month longer than that year. The 2016 presidential election will take place on November 8, 2016.
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