# Where should the Democrats have the 2016 convention? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-the-democrats-have-the-2016-convention/690570 "2014-06-11T21:14:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-the-democrats-have-the-2016-convention/690570/1 "2014-06-11T21:14:12Z")
Here’s your chance to promote your city and make a case for why it would be a great town in which to have a great convention. Available facilities, restaurants, weather and location (red/blue, swing state) are all factors that might be considered. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-the-democrats-have-the-2016-convention/690570/2 "2014-06-11T21:39:47Z")
I’m glad to see San Francisco is not on that list. No thank you. It’s bad enough when we have Apple World and the Oracle convention here. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-the-democrats-have-the-2016-convention/690570/3 "2014-06-11T23:13:29Z")
Isn’t it Brooklyn? I thought Brooklyn was the “city” looking to host the convention, not Manhattan. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-the-democrats-have-the-2016-convention/690570/4 "2014-06-12T02:47:23Z")
Do candidates get a bump in votes from a local convention? If so, Cleveland or Columbus would be the smartest choices as Ohio is usually a close state. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-the-democrats-have-the-2016-convention/690570/5 "2014-06-12T02:55:07Z")
Is that why they went with North Carolina last time? Swing state, won in 2008, narrowly lost in 2012. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-the-democrats-have-the-2016-convention/690570/6 "2014-06-12T21:09:57Z")
Philly ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-the-democrats-have-the-2016-convention/690570/7 "2014-06-12T21:27:52Z")
Philly. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-the-democrats-have-the-2016-convention/690570/8 "2014-06-12T22:26:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Isn’t it Brooklyn? I thought Brooklyn was the “city” looking to host the convention, not Manhattan. Mayor de Blasio has petitioned for the convention to be held in Brooklyn, which would probably mean it’d be at the Barclays Center. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Do candidates get a bump in votes from a local convention? If so, Cleveland or Columbus would be the smartest choices as Ohio is usually a close state. [The party asked for bids from 15 cities in total, and sure enough, Cleveland and Columbus are on the list.](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/dnc-convention-cities-105897.html) I don’t know how many extra votes anyone gets (if any), but yes, the parties often put the conventions in states they have aspirations of winning. For example the last two Democratic conventions were in Denver and Charlotte, and the last two RNCs were in St. Paul and Tampa. But they don’t always do it that way and I’m sure there are also pettier concerns, like appeasing different constituencies and power brokers within the party. The full list for the Democrats is Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Miami, Nashville, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and Salt Lake City. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-the-democrats-have-the-2016-convention/690570/9 "2014-06-12T22:58:06Z")
Nairobi It’ll make the right-wingers’ heads explode.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-the-democrats-have-the-2016-convention/690570/10 "2014-06-13T04:20:00Z")
Phoenix, mainly to highlight the Pubbie’s anti-immigration stance. ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-the-democrats-have-the-2016-convention/690570/11 "2014-06-13T11:15:42Z")
Detroit., so they can see up close how their policies end out.