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As it draws closer to the presidential election, the spotlight focuses on the political convention. Each multi-day, multimillion-dollar convention produces a candidate for president. The nomination is merely a formality, as the candidate is identified months in advance. In this edition of That's History, Jonathan Zimmerman examines the significance of the political convention in current society.