(CNN)-- Conventions are relics. They don't decide the nominees anymore -- that's been turned over to primary voters. No one pays much attention to party platforms except a few ideological activists.

The convention was the first since CBS and NBC ... ("What in God's name has happened to the Republican Party!" muttered Henry Cabot Lodge —the party's 1960 vice presidential nominee—as he ...

Barry Goldwater supporters at the 1964 Republican National Convention. Truman committed the Democrats to civil rights. After the party splintered, Strom Thurmond ran as the candidate of the States ...

With the 2024 presidential election months away, both the Democrats and the Republicans will soon crown their nominees at their respective conventions: the Democratic National Convention in ...

Conventions matter — to the presidential nominees, to every candidate, national and local, running in 2016, to the party faithful, and to the public seeking the right leadership. A national ...

The California Republican Party made slight gains in California, attracting more new voters than the Democrats, but can that continue after Trump ...

Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durban, according to WBEZ Chicago. Celebrity endorsements have traditionally been a part of party conventions, too. The Republican National Convention, which took place ...

Instead of the scripted snooze-fests we're used to, we could see the kind of backroom deals and delegate-swapping that once characterized party conventions. But what, exactly, is a brokered ...

Thousands of people attended the Greenville County Republican Party 2025 Convention on Monday night. Some attendees said they ...

“It will not be a party convention,” Dagnes said. “It will be a Trump coronation.” In the run-up to the convention, TribLive spoke to three delegates from Southwestern Pennsylvani ...