2020 Democratic National Convention

The 2020 Democratic National Convention is an ongoing presidential nominating convention being held from August 17–20, 2020 at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At the convention, delegates of the United States Democratic Party will formally choose the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2020 United States presidential election.

2020 Democratic National Convention
2020 presidential election
Presumptive nominees
Biden and Harris
Convention
Date(s)August 17–20, 2020[note 1]
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
VenueWisconsin Center
ChairBennie Thompson
Keynote speakerVarious speakers
Notable speakersBill Clinton
Barack Obama
Michelle Obama
Jill Biden
Bernie Sanders
Cory Booker
Elizabeth Warren
Amy Klobuchar
Doug Jones
Catherine Cortez Masto
Jim Clyburn
Cedric Richmond
Gretchen Whitmer
Andrew Cuomo
John Kasich
Muriel Bowser
Pete Buttigieg
Candidates
Presidential nomineeJoe Biden of Delaware (presumptive)
Vice presidential nomineeKamala Harris of California (presumptive)
Voting
Total delegates3,979[lower-alpha 1]
Votes needed for nomination1,991[1]

2020 U.S. presidential election
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Third parties
Related races
2020
Wisconsin Center will be the location of the convention.

Originally scheduled to be held July 13–16, 2020, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the United States, the convention was postponed to August 17–20, 2020, and was ultimately downsized, with its location shifted to the city's Wisconsin Center.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the format is 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 being held remotely from many venues across the country. While being a largely virtual convention, it is officially centered at the Wisconsin Center, which is where its production is headquartered, where its roll call will be directed from, and where a limited number of speeches (primarily those by Wisconsin politicians) are being staged.

The presumptive presidential nominee for the 2020 convention is former Vice President Joe Biden. He selected Senator Kamala Harris of California as his vice presidential running mate.[2] Both are expected to be nominated during the convention.

Background

The convention will be the 49th Democratic National Convention.

Site selection
The city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin will host the convention
The Fiserv Forum was originally planned as the venue for the convention

Bids on the site for the convention were solicited for the convention by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in late 2017.[3] Preliminary requirements for host cities that the DNC laid out included that they should have between 17,000 and 18,000 hotel rooms (including 1,000 luxury suites) located within 30 minutes of the convention venue.[4]

The Democratic National Committee made the bids public in the spring of 2018.[3] Las Vegas withdrew and decided to focus on the 2020 Republican National Convention, for which its bid was subsequently defeated by Charlotte.[5] In April 2018, the Democratic National Committee sent requests for proposals to the eight remaining cities that had expressed interest in hosting the event (Atlanta, Birmingham, Denver, Houston, Miami, Milwaukee, New York City, and San Francisco).[6]

On June 20, 2018, the Democratic National Committee announced four finalists for the convention site (Denver, Houston, Miami, and Milwaukee). Immediately following the announcement, the finalist city of Denver withdrew from consideration due to apparent scheduling conflicts.[7]

Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Tom Perez announced on March 11, 2019, that Milwaukee would host the convention.[8]

The selection of Milwaukee will make this the first Democratic National Convention to be hosted in the Midwestern United States since Chicago hosted the 1996 Democratic National Convention,[9] and the first to be hosted in a midwestern city other than Chicago since St. Louis hosted the 1916 Democratic National Convention.[10] This will be the first major party convention held in Milwaukee.[11][12] It will also be the first major party convention to be held in any city in the state of Wisconsin.[12][13]

Milwaukee is a smaller than other metropolitan areas that have hosted recent major party conventions.[13] Milwaukee will be among the smallest metropolitan areas to have hosted a major party convention.[14] Milwaukee's success in bidding for the convention was viewed in some circles as an upset, as the other two remaining finalist cities were not only larger metropolitan areas, but also had significant experience hosting major events such as Super Bowls.[15]

Milwaukee's selection was seen, in part, as emphasizing party's desire to place an focus on winning midwestern states like Wisconsin, and its desire to win back "blue wall" states in the upper midwest and Great Lakes region.[13][16][17] The swing states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin had been the states which the Republican ticket of Donald Trump and Mike Pence had won by the narrowest margins in the preceding 2016 election,[18] and had these states been instead won by the 2016 Democratic ticket of Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, they would have delivered the Democratic ticket an electoral college victory in 2016.[19] The 2016 election had also been the first time since the 1980s that any of these three states had voted Republican.[20]

Bids
Winner
Finalists

With the exception of Milwaukee, each of the finalist cities was a past host of a Democratic convention. Denver hosted in both 1908 and 2008. Houston hosted in 1928. Miami Beach hosted in 1972. In addition, both Houston and Miami Beach have also previously hosted Republican National Conventions, with Houston hosting it once in 1992 and Miami Beach having hosted both the 1968 and 1972 RNCs.

Other bids

Atlanta had previously hosted the 1988 Democratic convention. New York City had previously hosted the 1868, 1924, 1976, 1980, and 1992 Democratic conventions, as well as the 2004 Republican convention. San Francisco had previously hosted both the 1920 and 1984 Democratic conventions (and bordering Daly City had also hosted the 1956 and 1964 Republican conventions).

Change of venue

On June 24, 2020, it was announced that the convention had been downsized and would be held at Milwaukee's Wisconsin Center instead of its originally planned venue, Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum.[27][28][29]

The change of location will make this the first major party convention held in a convention center since the 1996 Republican National Convention, and the first Democratic convention to be held in such a venue since the 1984 Democratic National Convention.

Role of superdelegates
See also: List of 2020 Democratic Party automatic delegates

Superdelegates are delegates to the convention who are automatically chosen by the party, rather than by the results of primaries and caucuses. While technically unpledged, in the past many of them have informally pledged themselves to a predesignated front-runner in previous elections. The superdelegate system is controversial among Democrats, and supporters of both Clinton and Sanders have called for their removal in 2020.[30][31]

The Unity Reform Commission, created after the 2016 election, recommended[32] that the number of 2020 superdelegates be drastically reduced. In July 2018, the DNC revoked the voting rights for superdelegates on the first ballot,[33][34] unless a candidate has secured a majority using only pledged delegates.[35]

Except for the presidential nomination, superdelegates will vote on all issues.[36]

Selection of pledged delegates
See also: 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries

The number of delegates allocated to each of the 50 states and Washington, D.C., are based on, among others, the proportion of votes each state gave to the Democratic candidate in the 2008, 2012, and 2016 presidential elections. A fixed number of pledged delegates are allocated to each of the five U.S. territories and Democrats Abroad.[37]

Qualification of suspended campaigns

The Democratic National Committee's 2020 selection rules state that any candidate who is no longer running loses the statewide delegates they have won and those delegates are then reallocated to candidates still in the race. However, the interpretation of this rule in 2020 races might be different than the interpretation in past races.[38] In previous elections, such as the 2008 presidential primary, candidates would suspend their candidacies rather than formally withdraw, allowing their already pledged delegates to attend the convention and pick up new ones along the way.[39] They would then formally withdraw when it was too late to reallocate the delegations.

Logistics

Before it was downsized, 50,000 people had been expected to attend the convention.[40] 31 state delegations were to stay in 2,926 Milwaukee-area hotel rooms and 26 delegations were to stay in 2,841 hotel rooms in Lake County and Rosemont, Illinois. Another 11,000 hotel rooms were to house volunteers, members of the media, donors, and other attendees.[41]

Milwaukee had been planning an extension of its streetcar line to be completed in advance of the convention. However, these plans faltered, and the expansion will not be completed in time for the convention.[42][43]

Organizers were originally planning to recruit 15,000 volunteers.[44]

The firm Populous was named as the event architect. Populous was assigned to work in partnership with Milwaukee firm American Design Inc..[45][46] In February 2020, Milwaukee-based JCP construction was awarded the contract to be the construction general contractor for the convention.[45] Hargrove LLC was, at the same time, awarded the contract to serve as the convention's event management firm.[45][46]

Host committee
Host committee logo

The Milwaukee 2020 Host Committee was established to organize the convention.

In October 2019, the Host Committee announced its leadership team.[47] The president of the Host Committee was Liz Gilbert.[47] Leadership included a board of directors.[47] Further leadership included co-chairs and vice chairs, as well as honorary vice-chairs.[47] The co-chairs of the Host Committee were Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Congresswoman Gwen Moore.[47] Vice chairs included Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin Mandela Barnes, Governor of Wisconsin Tony Evers, former U.S. Senator Herb Kohl.[47] Honorary vice chairs included Milwaukee Common Council President Ashanti Hamilton and Wisconsin State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, Democratic Leader for the Wisconsin State Assembly Gordon Hintz, Attorney General of Wisconsin Josh Kaul, Congressman Ron Kind, Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette, Congressman Mark Pocan, and Wisconsin State Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling. [47] Additionally, the Host Committee's honorary finance chair was Alex Lasry, the Senior Vice President of the Milwaukee Bucks.[47]

In early February 2020, Milwaukee 2020 Host Committee president Liz Gilbert and her chief-of-staff Adam Lonso were both fired after an investigation found that the committee's "work environment did not meet the ideals and expectations" of the organization's board (with allegations of a "toxic" work environment).[48] Acting as interim leader of the Host Committee was Teresa Vilmain.[49] In late February, new leadership team was announced with Raquel Filmanowicz serving as CEO and Paula Penebaker serving as COO, with both taking these positions formally on March 2, 2020.[49]

The host committee raised $40 million to stage the convention.[50]

Delay

The convention was originally scheduled to be held July 13–16, 2020,[51]

On April 2, 2020, it was announced that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the convention would be delayed to August 17–20.[52][52]

Downsizing

As early as April 2020, the Democratic Party had been bracing for the possibility of a virtual convention.[53] On May 12, 2020, the Democratic National Committee authorized the convention planners to research alternative methods for participants to cast votes, considering the possibility that the Democratic National Committee may decide to hold the entire convention virtually.[54]

On June 24, 2020, it was announced that the convention was to be downsized. The venue was shifted from the Fiserv Forum to the Wisconsin Center. But, instead of the entire convention being held in Milwaukee, it would now feature Milwaukee only as just a hub city for the major convention events. The convention is now planned to instead consist of what the DNC says will be "curated content from Milwaukee and other satellite cities, locations, and landmarks across the country".[55][28][56] All official business will now be conducted remotely. Organizers canceled official parties and events scheduled to be held in Milwaukee before and coinciding with the convention.[28] Delegates were asked to no longer travel to Milwaukee, and plans were now formally made to implement a system for them cast their votes virtually.[57]

In mid-July, members of Congress were told not to travel to attend the event in Milwaukee.[58]

At the announcement of the downsizing it was declared that Biden would accept his nomination in Milwaukee.[55] It was later announced on July 30, 2020 that his running mate would also accept her nomination in Milwaukee.[59] However, on August 5, 2020, it was announced that Biden no longer plans to travel to Milwaukee to accept his nomination, and will instead do so from Delaware.[60][61] It was also announced then that the other scheduled speakers, including Biden's running mate, will also be addressing the convention remotely.[60][62] This is seen as, effectively, moving to make the convention nearly entirely held virtually.[62] This will be the first time that a major party presidential candidate has accepted their nomination remotely since Franklin D. Roosevelt did so in 1944.[63]

The convention was first shrunk to only feature 5,000 attendees in its Milwaukee hub venue.[40] It was later further shrunk to only feature 1,000 attendees there.[40] It was further shrunk to only include 300 people, including both attendees and media granted access.[64] Due to an order by the Milwaukee Health Department barring gatherings over 250 people, the total number of people permitted to gather at the Milwaukee convention hub is capped at that number.[53][65][66] There will be no delegates in the Wisconsin Center.[67]

While speakers were not traveling to Milwaukee, it was still planned for Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Tom Perez and Secretary of the Democratic National Committee Jason Rae (also secretary of the convention) to be in Milwaukee.[68][69]

The Wisconsin Center is being used for the convention's broadcast and production.[70] It is acting the control room and "hub" of the convention production.[71] The convention will see a mix of pre-recorded segments and live broadcasts from sites across the United States.[63] The convention organizers have designated a custom video control room designed to handle hundreds of feeds from across the country, in order to accommodate the remote speeches.[60][72] The control room is located in the exhibit hall on the third floor of the Wisconsin Center.[73][74]

A stage has been set up in a conference room on the second floor of the Wisconsin Center.[73][74] The stage at the Wisconsin Center is seeing limited, with a number participants from Wisconsin using it as the venue for their participation in the convention.[73][75] Speakers from Wisconsin are delivering their speeches from the stage at the Wisconsin Center.[75] Convention Secretary Jason Rae will also direct the roll call from the stage at the Wisconsin Center.[75]

In addition to the physical aspects of the convention being downsized, the duration has also been significantly downsized. The convention's program was downsized from one that was originally expected to total 24 hours over the four days, to one that will only total eight hours.[50]

The downsizing has led the convention organizers to need far fewer volunteers than the 15,000 they had originally been recruiting to have.[76]

The owner of the Milwaukee Bucks and the Fiserv Forum has threatened to sue the Democratic Party, which is refusing to pay the full rent on the abandoned venue.[77]

Health protocols

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a number of protocols have been put in place.

Participants at Wisconsin Center will be required to self-quarantine for at least 72 hours before arriving, wear personal protective equipment, undergo daily COVID-19 testing, partake in symptom tracking through a daily questionnaire, avoid bars and restaurants, and follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.[78]

Security

As is routine for a major party convention, the event has been designated a National Special Security Event.[79] Originally, the United States Department of Justice was to provide $50 million in security, but this was decreased to $40 million.[80]

The boundaries of the planned security footprint, in which increased security measures will be implemented, but in which individuals not attending the convention (including demonstrators) will still be permitted, was announced in January 2020. The streets marking the boundary of the announced footprint will be Cherry Street on the north, 10th Street on the west, Clybourn Street, and Water Street on the east.[81][82] On July 24, 2020, the Milwaukee Common Council passed an ordinance that would ban a long list of items from the security footprint, including air rifles, nunchucks, drones, containers of bodily fluids, glass bottles, and coolers.[83] On August 12, 2020, it was announced that the security footprint had been shrunk significantly.[84] The security footprint now almost only encompasses areas directly surrounding the convention center.[84][85][86]

Fencing have been erected surrounding the Wisconsin Center.[82][87]

Originally, the city originally budgeted to have approximately 3,000 law enforcement officers from outside the city assist the Milwaukee Police Department during the convention.[80] This was decreased to approximately 2,000.[80] By late July there were anticipated to be only 1,100 officers from outside the city assisting the department.[88] However, in late July, more than 100 police agencies announced that they would be withdrawing from their contracts to provide personnel to aid in security during the convention after the Milwaukee police chief announced that their department would restrict the use of tear gas and pepper spray by law enforcement during demonstrations and protests.[89] The Wisconsin National Guard now plans to provide hundreds of members to help with security.[90]

There had been talk of potentially limiting boat traffic on the Milwaukee River by placing a temporary stay on all bridge openings, but this security measure did not materialize.[84][91]

Temporary flight restrictions will be in place each night from 6:00 to 11:00 pm CDT.[84] A ban on drones will also be in place.[84]

Programming

While the primary purpose of political conventions is, and always was, to decide who the nominees for president and vice president are to be, the secondary purpose was always that of socializing.[92] Entertainment is also a major element of the event, which in the past has included a house band for the main venue, theater, culinary experiences,[93][94] and hundreds of motivational speakers. Indeed, the convention experience for attendees at the venue itself is extremely different from that for the viewer at home. With live coverage of the event limited, outside of the three major news networks and C-SPAN, to the keynote and acceptance speeches, the challenge to the DNC is how to boost ratings while increasing the nominee's lead in opinion polls. With social distancing still paramount to ensure the safety of the tens of thousands of people who were due to attend the main venue in Milwaukee, will not be able to do so, alternative methods are planned for a series of satellite venues across the country.[55]

The official theme of the convention will be "Uniting America".[95]

The downsizing and coronavirus concerns also mean the convention will not see the festive balloon drop often seen at such conventions following the presidential candidate's acceptance speech.[96] First appearing at the 1932 Republican National Convention, a balloon drop would later reappear at the 1956 Republican National Convention, and would become a staple of most major party conventions held since.[97] However, not all Democratic conventions have featured balloon drops. Most recently, both the 2008 and 2012 Democratic National Conventions did not see balloon drops, due to the fact that the final night of the 2008 edition was held outdoors in a stadium, and due to the fact that the final night of the 2012 edition had originally been scheduled to be held outdoors before being moved indoors. Other Democratic conventions that went without balloon drops included the 1984 and 1988 editions.[97]

Satellite locations
Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware will be a satellite location

When party officials concluded that the pandemic would make a traditional convention impossible, they decided to adopt a format that was dramatically different from past conventions. The event has been officially dubbed a "Convention Across America".[55][95]

While the convention will be anchored in Milwaukee, the events will be held in a dozen or so satellite sites spread out across the nation. From there, the delegations will transmit their votes on the floor of the Wisconsin Center, where a representative will announce the votes to relevant officials at the chair in the main venue.[98]

It has been confirmed that none of the speakers will have in-person crowds at their speaking locations.[99]

CNN has been reported that a source familiar with the convention plans has stated that the three primary satellite locations will be located in Los Angeles, New York City, and Wilmington, Delaware.[100] It has been reported that the emcees hosting each night will be presenting from the stage in Los Angeles.[100]

Confirmed satellite locations include:

Platform

In April, shortly after Sanders endorsed Biden, the two created a "Unity task force" to draft a version of the party platform.[103]

Due to the virus, the method of drafting the platform changed radically. A page was set up in which testimony from the general public might be taken.[104]

The Platform Drafting Committee Chair is Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.

The Platform Standing Committee includes a number of Party Leaders and Elected Officials appointed by the DNC:[105]

Drafting process

Public hearings were live-streamed on the DNCC’s YouTube channel during the week of July 1 on the following topics:[106]

  • Monday, June 29 from 5-8pm ET: Addressing the COVID-19 Health Crisis and Building Back Better
  • Wednesday, July 1 from 5-8pm ET: A Vision for a More Equitable Future
  • Thursday, July 2 from 5-8pm ET: Restoring the Soul of America

The full Platform Drafting Committee met on July 15 and 27,[107] where they submitted a finished product[108][109] to be voted on via the internet from August 1–15.

Platform provisions

The Biden/Sanders platform task force issued its 110-page report on July 9.[110]

Ratification

The ratification of the platform is pending.

Over 700 delegates, largely from Bernie Sanders' camp, have signed a statement vowing to vote against the platform if it doesn't include a plank supporting universal, single-payer Medicare for All.[111][112]

Convention leadership

On March 26, 2019, Joe Solmonese, former president of the Human Rights Campaign, was named convention CEO.[113]

On June 1, 2020, the campaign of presumptive nominee Joe Biden named two advisers to convention, naming Addisu Demissie as adviser for convention coordination and Lindsay Holst as senior adviser for convention and special projects.[114]

Programming will be overseen by Ricky Kirshner.[55][115] In addition, Stephanie Cutter holds the formal position of Program Executive.[95] Jessica Jennings is the director of media logistics.[116]

Officers

On July 30, 2020, the officers of the convention were designated.[69][117]

Rep. Bennie Thompson will serve as the Permanent Chair of the convention.[69][118]

Permanent Co-Chairs will be Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, Rep. Tony Cárdenas of California, Senator Tom Carper of Delaware, Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms, and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy.[69][117]

The convention's vice-chairs will be Senator Bob Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania, former Rep. Tony Coelho of California, Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan Garlin Gilchrist, Congresswoman Donna Shalala of Florida, Rep. Carol Shea-Porter of New Hampshire, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin Mandela Barnes, and Lieutenant Governor of Nevada Kate Marshall.[69][117]

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will serve as honorary chairs.[69][117]

The convention's sergeant-at-arms will be Rep. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin.[117][119]

Jason Rae will act as secretary of the convention.[69]

The convention's parliamentarians will be House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Helen McFadden, Sarah Merkel, and State Senator Yvanna Cancela of Nevada.[69]

Nominating and balloting

Pre-convention delegate count

The table below reflects the presumed delegate count as per the 2020 Democratic primaries.

As of July 2020, the following overall number of pledged delegates is subject to change, as possible penalty/bonus delegates (awarded for each state scheduled election date and potential regional clustering) may be altered.[120]

The 2020 Democratic Party rules state that, unless a candidate has secured a majority of delegates using only pledged delegates, the superdelegates will have no voting rights on the first ballot.[33][34][35]

Candidates who have suspended their campaigns without having received any pledged or superdelegate endorsements, as well as those who've suspended their campaigns and subsequently lost their endorsements to other candidates, are not included in the table below.

The table below reflects the presumed pledged delegate count following the 2020 Democratic primaries. In addition to these, there will also be 771 superdelegate votes (including the eight half-votes belonging to Democrats Abroad superdelegates), making for 4,750 combined delegate votes.[121][122]

Candidate Pledged delegates[123]
Joe Biden
2,671
Bernie Sanders
1,073
Elizabeth Warren
63
Michael Bloomberg
59
Pete Buttigieg
21
Amy Klobuchar
7
Tulsi Gabbard
2
Total pledged delegate votes
3,979[122]

Presidential balloting

In an email, DNC Secretary Jason Rae wrote to delegates outlining the process for that year's convention, noting that the planning committee "concluded that state delegations should not plan to travel to Milwaukee and official convention business will be conducted remotely."

Delegates vote remotely using a system the planning committee crafted that allows them to cast their ballots via email, with unique identifiers for security. The DNC had plans to certify each delegate.

The party said delegates will be able to fill out the forms electronically, with no need for a printer or physical copy, according to the letter. The ballot, which includes questions about platform planks and the party's nominees, will be emailed to their state's committee. Once a state party has all the ballots from their delegation, the state delegation's chair "will submit a tally sheet to the Secretary's Office that formally records the number of votes cast on each item of convention business," The votes will be counted all at once on August 15, not as they come in.

Voting began August 3 and will end August 15, when the state delegation chairs are asked to submit their final tallies to the DNC secretary. That means that the party will know the tally of votes for its nominee before the four-day convention formally kicks off on August 17.[124][125]

Presidential roll call vote

The traditional roll call of the states will be done remotely from each of the 57 delegations, including all 50 states and seven additional territories/jurisdictions.[126] Organizers anticipate that it will last 30 minutes.[127] Convention Secretary Jason Rae will direct the roll call from the venue.[75]

Schedule

Each night of the convention will last two hours. In addition to the convention's overall official theme of "Uniting America", each night will have an official sub-theme of its own.[95]

Monday, August 17

9:00–11:00pm EDT[130]

Theme: "We the People"[95]

Sub-themes:

  • "We the People Demanding Racial Justice"[131]
  • "We the People Helping Each Other Through COVID-19"[131]
  • "We the People Putting Country Over Party"[131]
  • "We the People Recovering"[131]
  • "We the People Rise"[131]

Emcee: Eva Longoria[132]


Schedule:

Selected speakers (in order of appearance):

Speaker Position/notability Location Notes Cite
Eva Longoria Actress and activist Los Angeles, California Emcee [131][132][102]
Bennie Thompson United States Representative from Mississippi and permanent chairman of the convention Jackson, Mississippi Call to Order and Close of Order [131][102]
Gwen Moore United States Representative from Wisconsin Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin [75][131][102]
Muriel Bowser Mayor of the District of Columbia Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C. [131][102]
Jim Clyburn United States Representative from South Carolina and House Majority Whip Charleston, South Carolina [131][102]
Andrew Cuomo Governor of New York Albany, New York [131][102][133]
Megan Rapinoe United States women's national soccer team member Hosted conversation with front-line workers of the COVID-19 pandemic [102]
Sara Gideon Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and U.S. Senate candidate from Maine Scarborough, Maine Introduction to performance by Maggie Rogers [131][102][134]
Gretchen Whitmer Governor of Michigan UAW Local 603 in Lansing, Michigan [131][102]
Christine Todd Whitman Former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Governor of New Jersey (Republican) New York, New York [131][102]
Meg Whitman Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and Republican nominee for Governor of California in 2010 Sacramento, California [131][102]
Susan Molinari Former United States Congresswoman from New York (Republican) Sarasota, Florida [131][102]
John Kasich Former Governor of Ohio (Republican); candidate for the 2000 and 2016 Republican presidential nominations Westerville, Ohio [131][102][135]
Doug Jones United States Senator from Alabama Birmingham, Alabama [131][102][136]
Catherine Cortez Masto United States Senator from Nevada; Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Las Vegas, Nevada [131][102][133]
Amy Klobuchar United States Senator from Minnesota; candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination St. Paul, Minnesota [131][102][137]
Cedric Richmond United States Congressman from Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana [131][102]
Bernie Sanders United States Senator from Vermont; candidate for the 2016 and 2020 Democratic presidential nomination Burlington, Vermont [50][131][102]
Michelle Obama Former First Lady of the United States Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts [131][102][138]

Performances (in order of appearance):

Selected film segments:

Tuesday, August 18

9:00–11:00pm EDT[130]

Theme: "Leadership Matters"[95]

Emcee: Tracee Ellis Ross[132]


Schedule:

  • Presidential candidate nominating and seconding speeches[69]
    • For Biden:
    • For Sanders:
  • Presidential roll call vote

Confirmed speakers:

Speaker Position/notability Location Notes Cite
Tracee Ellis Ross Actress TBA Emcee [132]
Jill Biden Spouse of the presidential nominee and former Second Lady of the United States TBA [139]
Lisa Blunt Rochester United States Representative from Delaware TBA [139]
Bill Clinton Former President of the United States TBA [139]
John Kerry Former Secretary of State and the party's 2004 presidential nominee TBA [139]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez United States Representative from New York Personal residence in Queens, New York City, New York Pre-recorded statement introducing Sen. Sanders. [139][140]
Chuck Schumer United States Senate Minority Leader TBA [139]
Sally Yates Former acting United States Attorney General TBA [139]
The keynote address will feature seventeen of the Democratic Party’s rising stars from across the country. Speakers will be former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives Stacey Abrams; Tennessee State Senator Raumesh Akbari; Representative Colin Allred of Texas; Representative Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania; Nevada State Senator Yvanna Cancela; former Ohio State Representative Kathleen Clyde; Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried; Mayor of Long Beach, California Robert Garcia; Pennsylvania State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta; South Carolina State Sentaor Marlon Kimpson; Representative Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania, Michigan State Representative Mari Manoogian; Texas State Representative Victoria Neave; President of the Navajo Nation Jonathan Nez; Georgia State Representative Sam Park; New Hampshire State Representative Denny Ruprecht; Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama Randall Woodfin Keynote address [139][141]

Wednesday, August 19

9:00–11:00pm EDT[130]

Theme: "A More Perfect Union"[95]

Emcee: Kerry Washington[132]


Schedule:

Confirmed speakers:

Speaker Position/notability Location Notes Cite
Kerry Washington Actress TBA Emcee [132]
Hillary Clinton Former United States Secretary of State and the party's 2016 presidential nominee TBA [139]
Tony Evers Governor of Wisconsin Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin [75][139]
Gabrielle Giffords Former United States Representative from Arizona and a prominent gun control advocate TBA [139]
Michelle Lujan Grisham Governor of New Mexico TBA [139]
Barack Obama Former President of the United States TBA [139]
Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the United States House of Representatives TBA [139]
Elizabeth Warren United States Senator from Massachusetts; candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination TBA [139]
Kamala Harris Presumptive nominee for Vice President of the United States, United States Senator from California Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware Vice Presidential nomination acceptance speech [139][101]

Confirmed perfomances:

Thursday, August 20

9:00–11:00pm EDT[130]

Theme: "America's Promise"[95]

Emcee: Julia Louis-Dreyfus[132]

Confirmed speakers:

Speaker Position/notability Location Notes Cite
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Actress TBA Emcee [132]
Tammy Baldwin United States Senator from Wisconsin Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin [75][139]
Michael Bloomberg Former Mayor of New York City; candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination TBA [143]
Cory Booker United States Senator from New Jersey; candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination TBA [139]
Pete Buttigieg Former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana; candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination TBA [139]
Chris Coons United States Senator from Delaware TBA [139]
Keisha Lance Bottoms Mayor of Atlanta TBA [139]
Tammy Duckworth United States Senator from Illinois TBA [139]
Gavin Newsom Governor of California TBA [139]
Andrew Yang Entrepreneur; Founder of Venture for America; candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination TBA [144]
Joe Biden Presumptive nominee for President of the United States, former Vice President of the United States Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware Presidential nomination acceptance speech [101][139]

In addition, members of the Biden family will speak on the 20th to introduce former Vice President Biden.[139]

Confirmed perfomances:

Speakers and other events

In the past, hundreds of people have addressed each convention, giving many local or statewide candidates a valuable photo op.

Some of the speeches at the convention are pre-recorded.[145]

The convention will include performances by Leon Bridges, The Chicks, Common, Billie Eilish, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Billy Porter, Maggie Rogers, Prince Royce, Stephen Stills, and others.[146]

A number of speakers at the convention include individuals who are everyday Americans, rather than officeholders or celebrities.[127][147] A number of these speakers are dissatisfied Republicans, including individuals who had voted for Trump in 2016, but plan on voting for Biden in 2020.[127][148]

A tribute to the late congressman John Lewis who died in July 2020, will be shown during the convention, created by Dawn Porter.[142]

It is unclear if Douglas Emhoff, the husband of the presumptive vice presidential nominee, will speak. In 2016, Anne Holton, wife of vice presidential nominee Senator Tim Kaine, did not speak.[149] It is also unclear whether Biden's children will speak such as Hunter Biden and Ashley Biden. In 2016, Chelsea Clinton, daughter of presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, did speak.[150]

Daytime events

Caucus meetings and other events are being streamed on various platforms earlier on the days of the convention.[130] Virtual policy roundtables were hosted in partnership with Business Forward.[151] Many partner organization events will be held.[152]

Before the convention opened, an Interfaith Welcome Service was held virtually on August 16, a partner event to the DNC.[153]

Official pre-show programs

Before the official convention broadcast starts, each night there is an official pre-show.[130]

The first night will feature a single pre-show program, the live special Behind The Rhyme presents Your Voice Your Vote.[130] It will be streamed exclusively on Twitch.[130]

The second night will feature a single pre-show program, the live special Behind The Rhyme presents Your Voice Your Vote.[130] It will be streamed exclusively on Twitch.[130]

The third-night will feature two pre-show programs.[130] The first, running from 7:30 pm to 8:15 pm EDT, will be the Democratic Governors Association-hosted panel "Bold Leadership: Women Governors Leading". The panel will feature Oregon Governor Kate Brown, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Maine Governor Janet Mills and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and will be moderated by Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo.[130] The second program, beginning at 8:00 pm EDT, will be the live special Behind The Rhyme presents Your Voice Your Vote. It will be streamed exclusively on Twitch.[130]

The fourth-night will feature three pre-show programs. The first, running from 7 to 8 pm EDT will be the Democratic Governors Association-hosted panel entitled "#DemGovsGetItDone: Progress in Red & Purple States". This panel will feature Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and will be moderated by Stacey Abrams.[130] Two official pre-show events will be hosted beginning at 8 pm EDT. The first will be the live special Behind The Rhyme presents Your Voice Your Vote. It will be streamed exclusively on Twitch.[130] The second will be the live special "Crooked Media presents Pod Save America Live from the Democratic National Couch-vention!", featuring Pod Save America hosts Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, and Daniel Pfeiffer.[130] The Pod Save America program will include the world-premiere of the documentary short Dress Rehearsal.[130]

Official post-show programs

There will be an official post-show edition of Behind The Rhyme presents Your Voice Your Vote each night of the convention streamed exclusively on Twitch. Each of these will include panels followed by a set by a DJ. The first night's DJ will be Beverly Bond, the second night's will be Vashtie, the third night's will be DJ Cassidy, and the fourth night's will be Jermaine Dupri.[130]

Demonstrations and protests

There have some been demonstrations and protests held outside of the convention venue in Milwaukee.[87][154]

Several groups scheduled protests in Milwaukee during the convention.[67][83] Ryan Hamann, co-chair of the "Coalition to March on the DNC" has stated that his coalition's planned protests will focus on police reform, in effect being a continuance of the nationwide George Floyd protests.[155]

On August 2, the City of Milwaukee reported that very little interest had been indicated by parties in seeking permits to either organize a downtown parade or a speech in a downtown park.[156]

Club Kids Inc. is scheduled to hold a permitted parade in Milwaukee at noon CDT on August 17.[156] The Women's Human Rights Campaign is scheduled to hold a permitted parade in Milwaukee on August 20 at 10 A.M. CDT.[156]

Other groups protesting in Milwaukee include Democrats for Life of America.[67]

Trump and his campaign are holding counter-events in Wisconsin during the convention.[157] The campaign officially held a "Women for Trump" campaign event in Pleasant Prairie the day before the start of the convention.[158] Additionally, the White House have planned two events, which includes one event in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on the opening day of the convention, and another on in Milwaukee itself the third day of the convention, with the first event featuring President Donald Trump and the latter vent featuring Vice President Mike Pence.[157][159][160] The presence of a Trump event has also altered the plans of the Coalition to March on the DNC, which now plans to spend Monday protesting outside of the Trump event rather than outside of the convention itself.[161]

Broadcast and media coverage

The convention is slimmed down from previous iterations in terms of the length of television programming it will provide, with only two hours of televised events taking place on each night of the convention.[162] Domestic 24-hour cable news channels are broadcasting both hours, but "Big Three" domestic television networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) are only broadcasting the last hour.[163][164] In contrast, for past conventions, domestic 24-hour cable news channels broadcast wall-to-wall coverage of day-long proceedings.[165] However, the length of prime time coverage provided by the "Big Three" domestic television networks was also one hour per night during the Democratic and Republican conventions of 2016.[165][164]

PBS is airing three hours of nightly coverage, including commentary.[166] A number of domestic cable news channels and internet news platforms and streaming video news channels are also airing significant coverage of the convention in addition to the two hours of the convention itself.[166]

In addition to the main convention broadcast, other media coverage opportunities are being made available to the press by the convention organizers and the Biden campaign, including remote press briefings and interviews.[60]

Broadcasters pooling their resources and shrinking their footprints at the convention.[64] The convention organizers have worked with both the network pool and the congressional press galleries to establish pooled media opportunities.[60] There is more of a reliance by broadcasters on footage from press pool cameras than at past conventions.[96] Broadcasters are relying on the same shared camera feed of the convention's stage.[64][167] As with past conventions, the convention organizers are making a feed of convention proceedings available for free to media organizations.[60][72]

Due to the pandemic, and the resultant decentralization of the convention, there is only expected to be a small press pool in Milwaukee, with possibly only under a hundred media personnel traveling to Milwaukee to cover the convention.[160][166] This will be drastically less than the more than 15,000 that traveled to Philadelphia for the 2016 Democratic National Convention.[166] Unlike past conventions, most broadcasters will not be sending correspondents to the convention site, and are instead planning to film their reporters at remote sites.[64][162][164][166] Limited press will be admitted into the Wisconsin Center headquarters of the convention.[73] Those reporters that do go to the convention will socially distance, and, at least at times, report from outside of the convention hall.[64] Most broadcasters are planning to have their correspondents provide coverage from network studios in New York City and Washington, D.C..[162][164][166] In addition to filming their correspondents off-site, most broadcasters are also planning to use their primary control rooms in their headquarter cities, as opposed to the practice of establishing temporary control rooms in the convention city as many had for past conventions.[96] Few national broadcasters are planning to send crews to Milwaukee.[166]

After the downsizing, but even before it was announced that Biden and other speakers would no longer travel to Milwaukee, many broadcasters had already been substantially scaled-back plans to send reporters to the city, or had planned to forgo sending reporters to the city altogether.[64][162] By July 29, Fox News was the only broadcaster confirmed to be sending correspondents to the convention hall itself.[162] As of early July, MSNBC had still planned a "light footprint" in the city Milwaukee, but planned to position the reporters they do send outdoors, where they can socially distance from each other, instead of inside the convention venue.[167] CNN also, as of early August, still planned to send reporters to Milwaukee.[168] As of early August, CBS News was planning to send two correspondents to Milwaukee.[168] In addition, after the downsizing, but even before it was that Biden and other speakers would no longer be traveling to Milwaukee, broadcasters had already planned to significantly decrease the size of crews they would send to capture the convention in comparison to previous years.[96] CNN had already canceled its original plans to operate a "CNN Grill" studio and meeting space, similar to those it had operated at every major party convention since 2004. They had originally planned to use Turner Hall for such a space.[169] Fox News, on the other hand, before the announcement that Biden and other speakers would not be traveling to the convention, still planned to retain their plans to utilize the Deer Camp building in Milwaukee as a broadcast space,[167] and CBS News still planned to rent the Milwaukee Community Sailing Center for broadcast use.[168] NBCUniversal cancelled similar plans to use the Good City Brewing location adjacent to the Fiserv Forum.[170]

Due to the fact that Biden and Harris will speak from Wilmington, Delaware, some media personnel are covering the convention from there, with a number of broadcast vans and media tents being stationed in the parking lots of the the Chase Center on the Riverfront (where Biden and Harris will speak) and adjacent Frawley Stadium.[171]

The originally-planned full-scale convention in the Fiserv Forum would have seen broadcasters set up live sets inside the arena, similar to those in this image of the 2016 Democratic National Convention

While the originally-planned full-scale convention in the Fiserv Foum would have seen broadcasters set up live sets inside the arena, as has been practice at past conventions, it is unclear whether there will be any similar setup inside the Wisconsin Center.[167] Before the announcement that speakers would no longer be traveling to Milwaukee, convention organizers had been setting up both indoor and outdoor news media spaces at the Milwaukee convention hub.[68][168]

The Wisconsin Center is being used for the convention's broadcast and production.[70] The Wisconsin Center is acting as the control room and "hub" of the convention production.[71] The convention organizers have designated a custom video control room designed to handle hundreds of feeds from across the country, in order to accommodate the remote speeches.[60][72]

Official streams and watch parties

In addition to coverage by broadcasters, there is a stream broadcast by the DNC itself on fifteen platforms. These platforms are the convention's website, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch, Amazon Prime Video, Microsoft Bing, Apple TV, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, AT&T U-verse, DirectTV, Comcast Xfinity X1, Comcast Xfinity Flex, and Amazon Alexa.[60][72][163][172]

In addition, the Biden campaign has scheduled numerous virtual watch parties during the convention which show a stream of the convention, with a number of them being hosted by prominent politicians and celebrities.[173][174] Some outdoor socially-distanced watch parties are planned by Democratic Party organizations, such as one for Connecticut convention delegates to attend at Dunkin' Donuts Park in Hartford.[175] Massachusetts Democrats will be hosting a watch party at a temporary drive-in theater located at the former Suffolk Downs racetrack.[50][176]

See also

Notes
  1. The overall number of pledged delegates is subject to change as possible penalty/bonus delegates (awarded for each states scheduled election date and potential regional clustering) are not yet included.
  1. Originally scheduled to be held on July 13–16, but now rescheduled to be held on August 17–20 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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