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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1980
Page
9
The text defines Platform as a written list of a party's beliefs and goals and Plank as a part of the platform explaining one ideal. It mentions Pages as people who run errands for delegates and Running mate as the vice presidential choice.
Both Democrats and Republicans maintain national committees with members from each state to manage daily party affairs and organize convention work. Special committees are formed for the convention, and the Rules Committee decides the rules and order of business.
The agenda lists opening exercise, keynote address, committee reports, presidential nomination, and roll calls of states. It covers candidate selecting vice president and a subsequent roll call to approve the choice.
A press syndicate puzzle hides words related to conventions and politics. The block invites readers to spot terms such as convention crowd news press committee temporary chairman keynote party credentials platform voting nomination roll call yield bandwagon president campaign nominee caucus.
The article defines a presidential convention as a party meeting to choose its presidential nominee. It notes the nominee typically selects a running mate for vice president. It also explains a keynote speech as the kick off address by a prominent party member at the event.
Delegates are voters who attend the convention. Each state's delegate count depends on past election support. Democrats hold 3331 votes and Republicans 1994. A candidate needs a simple majority to win. Delegations typically share the same hotel accommodations.
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