{"id":132219,"date":"2023-04-11T16:54:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T16:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=132219"},"modified":"2023-04-11T16:54:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T16:54:28","slug":"democrats-choose-chicago-for-2024-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/democrats-choose-chicago-for-2024-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats choose Chicago for 2024 convention"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Democrats announced Tuesday they will host their 2024 convention in Chicago, after seriously considering Atlanta and New York City, elevating the Midwest as a bedrock of their party. <\/p>\n
Why it matters: <\/strong>President Biden faced pressure from Democrats in all three cities, but those in Chicago argued that picking a right-to-work state like Georgia would create major tensions with labor unions and white-working class voters just two months before the election.<\/p>\n Driving the news: <\/strong>The Democratic National Committee decision also comes the week after Brandon Johnson, a progressive Democrat, won the Chicago mayoral race after a contentious battle over how the party should handle crime in big cities. <\/p>\n The backdrop: <\/strong>Democratic leaders from each city pressed DNC members for months and focused their pitches on how their respective regions would impact not just nominating, but electing the next president.<\/p>\n The bottom line: <\/strong>Democrats are clear that they believe choosing Chicago will help build a winning coalition in 2024, and hope to maintain support in the Midwestern "blue wall" states of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.<\/p>\n\n
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