2016 Democratic National Convention | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-03

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2016 Democratic National Convention


00:03:35 1 Background
00:04:12 1.1 Choice of convention site
00:04:58 1.2 Host Committee
00:05:32 1.3 Email leak
00:06:13 1.4 Planned demonstrations
00:07:31 2 Nomination and balloting
00:07:41 2.1 Pre-convention delegate count
00:07:57 2.2 Presidential ballot
00:09:19 2.3 Vice presidential nomination
00:09:57 3 Platform
00:10:06 3.1 Drafting process
00:13:45 3.2 Platform provisions
00:20:28 4 Convention chair
00:21:22 5 Superdelegate reform
00:23:10 6 Schedule
00:23:35 6.1 List of speakers
00:36:26 6.2 List of performances
00:37:39 7 Notable speeches
00:37:49 7.1 Sarah Silverman
00:38:34 7.2 Michelle Obama
00:39:39 7.3 Bernie Sanders
00:41:05 7.4 Bill Clinton
00:41:57 7.5 Michael Bloomberg
00:42:49 7.6 Tim Kaine
00:43:49 7.7 Barack Obama
00:44:48 7.8 Sarah McBride
00:45:05 7.9 Khizr Khan
00:45:31 7.10 Chelsea Clinton
00:45:56 7.11 Hillary Clinton
00:47:50 8 Demonstrations and protests
00:50:17 9 Viewership (10:00 to 11:45 PM Eastern)
00:51:48 9.1 Night 1
00:51:56 9.1.1 Total viewers
00:52:05 9.1.2 Viewers 25 to 54
00:52:13 9.2 Night 2
00:52:21 9.2.1 Total viewers



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The 2016 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention, held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July 25 through to July 28, 2016. The convention gathered delegates of the Democratic Party, the majority of them elected through a preceding series of primaries and caucuses, to nominate a candidate for president and vice president in the 2016 United States presidential election. Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was chosen as the party's nominee for president by a 59.67% majority of delegates present at the convention roll call, defeating primary rival Senator Bernie Sanders, who received 39.16% of votes from delegates, and becoming the first female candidate to be formally nominated for president by a major political party in the United States. Her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia, was confirmed by delegates as the party's nominee for vice president by acclamation.
Delegates at the convention also adopted a party platform, through a voice vote, to take to the 2016 elections, touted as the "most progressive" platform in the Democratic Party's history. The progressive shift was often credited to Sanders and the influence of platform-committee members appointed by him. The platform featured a focus on economic issues, such as Wall Street reform, stronger financial regulation, and raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Liberal stances on social issues, such as a call for criminal justice reform and an end to private prisons, expansion of Social Security, and the abolition of the death penalty, also feature in the platform.
Senator Elizabeth Warren delivered the keynote address of the convention, with First Lady Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders serving as headlining speakers on the first day. Former President Bill Clinton served as headlining speaker on the convention's second day, while Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama headlined on day three. Tim Kaine gave his vice presidential nomination acceptance speech on the third day of the convention, while Chelsea Clinton introduced Hillary Clinton to give her presidential nomination acceptance speech on the final day. Clinton's speech was generally well received, and she would go on to have a 7% convention bounce in national polling. Various performers also appeared during the convention, including Demi Lovato, Alicia Keys, Lenny Kravitz and Katy Perry. The live announcer for the four-day event was Sylvia Villagran. Overall attendance at the convention was estimated to be around 50,000, according to Anna Adams-Sarthou, a representative of the DNC Host Committee.The convention was not without controversy, as it was subject to various conflicts between supporters of the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders and the Democratic Party. In the we ...