U.S. political event held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and virtually online
2020 Democratic National Convention
2020 presidential election
Nominees Biden and Harris
Convention
Date(s)
August 17–20, 2020[note 1]
City
Milwaukee, Wisconsin and various locations remotely
Venue
Wisconsin Center and various remote locations
Chair
Bennie Thompson
Keynote speaker
17 speakers
Notable speakers
Joe Biden
Kamala Harris
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
John Kerry
Hillary Clinton
Michelle Obama
Jill Biden
Colin Powell
Chuck Schumer
Keisha Lance Bottoms
Bernie Sanders
Cory Booker
Elizabeth Warren
Amy Klobuchar
Doug Jones
Catherine Cortez Masto
Jim Clyburn
Cedric Richmond
Gretchen Whitmer
Andrew Cuomo
Gavin Newsom
John Kasich
Muriel Bowser
Pete Buttigieg
Andrew Yang
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Candidates
Presidential nominee
Joe Biden of Delaware
Vice presidential nominee
Kamala Harris of California
Voting
Total delegates
4,749[1]
Votes needed for nomination
2,375 (Absolute Majority)[2]
Results (president)
Biden (DE): 3,558 (74.92%)
Sanders (VT): 1,151 (24.24%)
Abstention: 5 (0.10%)
Not Voting: 35 (0.74%)
Results (vice president)
Harris (CA): 100% (Acclamation)
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The 2020 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention that was held from August 17 to 20, 2020, at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and virtually across the United States. At the convention, delegates of the United States Democratic Party formally chose former vice president Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris of California as the party's nominees for president and vice president, respectively, in the 2020 United States presidential election.
Originally scheduled to be held July 13–16, 2020, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee just a week before the planned start of the Tokyo Summer Olympics, the convention was postponed to August 17–20, 2020, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The convention was ultimately downsized, with its location shifted to the city's Wisconsin Center. Due to pandemic restraints, Milwaukee's host city role was decreased to that of a headquarters for the broadcast, with most of the convention activities occurring remotely from sites across the United States.
Adapting to pandemic restraints, the format was substantially different from previous conventions, with the duration of each day of the convention being significantly shorter than in past conventions and with most of the convention activity occurring held remotely from many venues across the country rather than at a single venue. Its activities were largely decentralized and it was regarded to be a "virtual" convention. However, the convention was officially considered to centered at the Wisconsin Center, which is where its production was headquartered, its roll call was directed from, and where a limited number of speeches (primarily those by Wisconsin politicians) were delivered. Both Biden and Harris instead delivered their acceptance speeches remotely from the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden and Harris went on to win the 2020 election, defeating the Republican party ticket of incumbent president Donald Trump, and Vice President Mike Pence.
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