Democrats plunge Monday into the uncharted waters for the first of two weeks of virtual conventions.
. Patrick Egan, a political science professor at New York University, said the ticket risks losing votes if the candidate commits to too many specifics.
Joel Benenson, a pollster who was a chief strategist for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, said generating excitement at the convention could be difficult without large crowds. He compared it to watching Major League Baseball playing games in empty ballparks. “It will truly be a convention across America, and these incredible artists will help us tell the story of where we are as a country today under Donald Trump’s failed leadership, and the promise of what we can and should be with Joe Biden as president,” Cutter said.
DeAndra Dycus of Indianapolis, who advocates for gun control after her son, Dre, was shot at a birthday party in 2014 when he was 13 years old.Aldo Martinez of Fort Myers, Florida, who was born in Mexico, but immigrated when he was 12 and worked at one of the busiest emergency rooms in the country. “It’s like watching a Harlem Globetrotters game and wondering who’s going to win,” said Robert Dion, associate professor of political science at the University of Evansville.
James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute and a Sanders supporter during the primaries, said this year's convention gives Biden’s campaign an opportunity to mend frayed feelings among activists who were divided in the primaries.
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