2024 Democratic National Convention

2024 Democratic National Convention
2024 presidential election
Presumptive nominees
Harris and TBD
Convention
Date(s)August 19–22, 2024[1]
CityChicago, Illinois
VenueUnited Center
ChairMinyon Moore[2]
Keynote speakerTBD
Notable speakersTBD
Candidates
Presidential nomineeKamala Harris of California (presumptive)
Vice presidential nomineeTBD
Voting
Total delegates3,949 pledged
747 unpledged[a]
Votes needed for nomination1,975 (from pledged delegates only)
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United Center, the planned convention venue (photographed in 2014)

The 2024 Democratic National Convention is a presidential nominating convention in which delegates of the United States Democratic Party will select the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2024 United States presidential election. It is scheduled to be held August 19 to 22, 2024, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.[3][1] The prospective president and vice president may be nominated in early August via an online process, if presumptive nominee Kamala Harris is the only candidate.

By tradition,[4] because the Democratic Party currently holds the White House, its convention will be conducted after the 2024 Republican National Convention, which was held from July 15 to 18, 2024. Due to conflict with ballot deadlines, the Democratic National Committee voted to allow an early online nomination vote. Following President Joe Biden's debate performance and decision on July 21 to withdraw his candidacy,[5] which has been described by The New York Times as starting a campaign "unlike any in modern times",[6] he endorsed Kamala Harris, the current Vice President of the United States, who is making a bid for the party's presidential nomination at the convention.[7] As of July 22, 2024, enough convention delegates have pledged support for Harris to make her the presumptive nominee.[8] If Harris is the only qualified candidate, a virtual roll call vote would be held as soon as August 1.[9]

  1. ^ a b "DNC Announces Chicago to Host 2024 Democratic National Convention". Democratic National Committee. April 11, 2023.
  2. ^ Korecki, Natasha (August 8, 2023). "DNC names leadership posts for 2024 presidential convention in Chicago". NBC News.
  3. ^ Korecki, Natasha (April 11, 2023). "Democrats choose Chicago as the site of the 2024 convention". NBC News. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "Whose Convention Goes First?". Slate Magazine. August 3, 2000. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  5. ^ "Joe Biden ends re-election campaign". www.bbc.com. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  6. ^ Baker, Peter (July 21, 2024). "Biden Drops Out of Race, Scrambling the Campaign for the White House". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  7. ^ "Harris says she will "earn and win" Democratic nomination". CNN. July 21, 2024.
  8. ^ Wire, Sarah; Kochi, Sudiksha (July 22, 2024). "USA TODAY review: Kamala Harris secures votes needed to become Democratic nominee". USA Today. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  9. ^ Navarro, Aaron (July 24, 2024). "Kamala Harris closer to being nominee as DNC approves early virtual roll call vote". CBS News. Retrieved July 25, 2024.


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