{"id":356,"date":"2021-03-30T20:02:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T00:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/government-legal-studies-2005-spring-2021\/?p=356"},"modified":"2021-03-30T20:02:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T00:02:20","slug":"a-citys-decision-to-bid-for-a-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/government-legal-studies-2005-spring-2021\/national-democratic-party-guidelines-2020-2024\/a-convention-site-why-this-site\/a-citys-decision-to-bid-for-a-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"A City&#8217;s Decision to Bid for a Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/columbus\/news\/2019\/11\/13\/should-columbus-bid-to-host-the-dnc-or-rnc.html\">https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/columbus\/news\/2019\/11\/13\/should-columbus-bid-to-host-the-dnc-or-rnc.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Determining the location of a party convention is a key strategic decision for both the Democratic and Republican parties.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Considerations often include city size (whether a city has the capacity to host a convention) and strategic political location (often in swing states or states with shifting voting tendencies).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Columbus, Ohio is considering hosting either of the Democratic or Republican conventions in 2024.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Ohio\u2019s historical position as a swing state with many electoral votes positions it well to exert influence on the decision-making processes of both parties.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Examining the decision from the city\u2019s perspective (as opposed to a party\u2019s perspective) is an interesting and important analysis &#8211; Columbus estimates it would take $60 million to lure one of the parties to the city for a convention.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Putting such a large sum of money towards a political event may detract from other community needs, say some officials.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>On the flip side, a convention could bring an economic boom to a city (with many people requiring lodging, food, etc.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/columbus\/news\/2019\/11\/13\/should-columbus-bid-to-host-the-dnc-or-rnc.html Determining the location of a party convention is a key strategic decision for both the Democratic and Republican parties.\u00a0 Considerations often include city size (whether a city has the capacity to host a convention) and strategic political location (often in swing states or states with shifting voting tendencies). Columbus, Ohio is considering hosting either [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1353,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-convention-site-why-this-site","category-a-convention-site-why-this-site-national-republican-party-guidelines-2016-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/government-legal-studies-2005-spring-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/government-legal-studies-2005-spring-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/government-legal-studies-2005-spring-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/government-legal-studies-2005-spring-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1353"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/government-legal-studies-2005-spring-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/government-legal-studies-2005-spring-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/government-legal-studies-2005-spring-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/government-legal-studies-2005-spring-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/government-legal-studies-2005-spring-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}