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Kansas And Missouri Democratic Party Delegates Go Digital For This Year's National Convention

The Obama and Biden families joined together onstage following the President Obama's speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. A new way of doing political conventions has grown this year out of safety concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Chuck Kennedy
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The White House
The Obama and Biden families joined together onstage following President Obama's speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. A new way of doing political conventions has grown this year out of safety concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Two delegates in the region shared their experiences of being a part of the country's first digital national political convention.

Democratic delegates are disappointed they can't join their out-of-state colleagues in-person for the national political convention, going on virtually now, but there are other, new opportunities for connecting with the party platform and members closer to home.

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