The way we nominate presidential candidates was pioneered by the first real third party in the U.S., the Anti-Masonic Party. But at the party's first convention, the process totally backfired. (From Retro Report) | POLITICO

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🗳️🗳️ Presidential nominating conventions do not date all the way back to the early days of the United States. Back then, political parties held caucuses where small groups of party leaders chose the candidates. It wasn’t until 1832 that parties held conventions to select their candidates. In the early days conventions took a long time to name a nominee. Modern conventions move quicker than that. Most of the delegates are awarded to candidates through state caucuses or primaries and the nominee

The Democratic National Convention asked Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to deliver a nominating speech for Senator Sanders. It is tradition for runners up to receive nominating speeches at Convention. The Congresswoman extends her deepest congratulations to Vice President Joe Biden on his nomination. A full message from the Congresswoman on her remarks follows, "I just spoke at the Democratic National Convention, and my 60-second message at the DNC was simple: the movement for guaranteed