I went to a political party's biggest party

Mr. Beat goes the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. While he's there, he gives you a history lesson, because of course he does.

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Sources/further reading:
Shafer, Byron E (1988). "Emergence of the Presidential The Nomination and the Convention". Bifurcated Politics: Evolution and Reform in the National Party Convention. Harvard University Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0674072565.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_nominating_convention
https://course-notes.org/us_history/political_parties/anti_masonic_party
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2015/12/06/thank-florida-for-presidential-primaries-from-the-community/
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/are-convention-delegates-bound-to-their-presidential-candidate/

Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Noefw-yM9wRQMYbpp0c3njgLkLJ8qQJ_GSj8ANZohEQ/edit?usp=sharing

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