Washington correspondent
There will be no release of balloons and rain of confetti, unifying speeches and cheering of the candidate by the crowd of activists in front of an audience of journalists. In the same way that it derailed the primaries, the Covid-19 pandemic this year interrupted the tradition of presidential conventions. These gatherings of delegates from across the United States had marked the end of each party's candidate selection process every four years since the mid-19th century, and the start of the actual presidential campaign.
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Fear of contagion made the two major American parties renounce these events, which traditionally bring together tens of thousands of participants. The two candidates will deliver their acceptance speech remotely, broadcast by video or television.
The Democratic Party had planned to hold its convention in July in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a state neglected by
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