On Thursday, February 12th, 2015, The Democratic National Committee announced that the Democratic National Convention will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event is scheduled for the week of July 15th 2016. Presidential conventions are huge undertaking for cities, averaging around $60 million. A distinct case in Tampa, for the 2012 Republican National Convention, cost the city $500 million. The last time Philadelphia hosted a presidential convention was in 2000, when Republicans chose then Texas Gov. George W. Bush as the party's nominee. New York and Columbus, Ohio were the other two cities vying for the right to host the democratic national convention.
This is related to our AP Gov class because we just recently studied National Conventions. We have discussed the relationships national conventions have with politics and elections. We have been able to see, through class, how conventions like these operate and make a difference with the outcome of the election.
Due to this article being strictly informative, I am unable to make an opinion. I was dumbfounded when I found out how much money conventions cost their host city. I can understand a big number because I know how much planning, advertising, and people are involved but I would never have guessed them to be in the hundred millions.
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