Review the history of national party nominating conventions. o What are the formal and informal purposes? o How and why have nominating conventions changed over the years? o What factors influenced those changes? Reflect upon the 2016 Republican and Demo

Review the history of national party nominating conventions.
o What are the formal and informal purposes?
o How and why have nominating conventions changed over the years?
o What factors influenced those changes?

Reflect upon the 2016 Republican and Democrat Party nominating conventions.
o How were the 2016 conventions different than previous years? How were they similar?
o Did you find anything regarding the conventions surprising?
o What event at both conventions did you find the most interesting?