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2020 Presidential Conventions

Vox follows the latest developments and news around the four-day Democratic National Convention and Republican National Convention happening in August.

Why the RNC blamed “restorative justice” for the Parkland shooting

By German Lopez

Republicans claim Democrats want to defund the police. Biden’s plan calls for more police.

By Aaron Ross Coleman

Why Tim Scott’s hopeful address was the RNC’s best speech

By Nicole Narea

Trump didn’t just fail to address Covid-19. He made the crisis worse.

By German Lopez

Kimberly Guilfoyle’s speech encapsulated the Fox News feel of the RNC’s first night

By Katelyn Burns

5 winners and 2 losers from the RNC’s first night

By Zack Beauchamp, Jane Coaston, and 3 more

The RNC’s big Covid-19 lie, refuted in one chart

By Ian Millhiser

“12 more years!”: Trump got the RNC off to a dark start

By Aaron Rupar

Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the gun-toting St. Louis couple, explained

By German Lopez

The difference between the DNC and RNC, in one tweet

By Cameron Peters

Why Republicans didn’t write a platform for their convention this year

By Andrew Prokop

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Republican National Convention 2020

By Vox Staff

How to watch night 1 of the Republican National Convention

By Andrew Prokop

Republicans announce speaker lineup for the RNC

By Riley Beggin

The real Maryanne Trump scandal is the Trump family’s wealth

By Riley Beggin

Melania Trump’s changes to the White House Rose Garden, explained

By Laura McGann

How politicians showed off their books at the Democratic National Convention

By Constance Grady

The 2020 DNC was an eerie look at a country in crisis — and great TV

By Emily St. James

Biden’s 2020 message rests on Trump’s fundamental Covid-19 failure

By Dylan Scott

The kindness is the point

By Zack Beauchamp

Joe Biden likes you

By Ezra Klein

Fox News thinks Joe Biden’s DNC speech was “a home run”

By Aaron Rupar

5 winners and 4 losers from the last night of the Democratic convention

By Dylan Matthews, Dylan Scott, and 7 more

Joe Biden officially accepted his party’s nomination for president. Read his speech.

By Andrew Prokop

Andrew Yang said the smartest thing about Biden at the DNC

By Zack Beauchamp

Ordinary Americans stole the show at this year’s Democratic convention

By Emily Stewart

Female politicians are scrutinized for their looks. Kamala Harris is ready to fight back.

By Terry Nguyen

Obama’s Democratic convention speech gave a clear warning: Democracy is at stake in 2020

By German Lopez

Trump responded to Obama’s criticism at the DNC by pushing a baseless conspiracy theory

By Katelyn Burns

The Democratic convention highlighted gun violence. Here’s what Biden plans to do about it.

By German Lopez

The tragedy of Hillary Clinton

By Ezra Klein

The Democratic platform calls for a bold remaking of the federal judiciary. It’s not nearly enough.

By Ian Millhiser

The DNC is a reminder that America is a big, diverse country, racked by disaster

By Emily St. James

5 winners and 2 losers from night 3 of the Democratic convention

By Dylan Matthews, Zack Beauchamp, and 4 more

Read: Kamala Harris’s historic acceptance speech

By Constance Grady

Elizabeth Warren made a crucial point at the DNC: Child care is “infrastructure for families”

By Anna North

Kamala Harris officially accepts the Democratic vice presidential nomination and makes history

By Li Zhou

Read Obama’s 2020 Democratic National Convention speech

By German Lopez

The unwarranted controversy over AOC’s nomination of Bernie Sanders, explained 

By Li Zhou

Democrats have made a puzzling decision to drop their demand to end fossil fuel subsidies

By Umair Irfan

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