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It was live. He was greeted afterwards by his wife and Kamala/hubby then they walked to an outside stage where supporters were in their cars. Then fireworks. A pretty solid production.
I see. And yes, the few clips I saw of the convention so far look like the DNC did a really good job with their virtual convention, a really good job adapting to unprecedented circumstances.
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But if America wanted someone who focused on nuanced policy in their speeches, Hillary would be running for her second term.
Big disagree. The average American voter might not care a lot about the minutiae of policy, but he does care about the general direction or vision a candidate offers. In 2016, Trump was offering a clear vision and some signature policy proposals that gave a clear idea about the direction he wanted to stand for. Hillary, on the other hand, was all bleh. Her platform, to the extent she even had one, sucked ass. Consequently, it was Trump, not Hillary, who spent more time talking about policy during the 2016 campaign:

As the chart shows, Hillary was the least policy-focused candidate in decades. She made a huge bet on the idea that she would be guaranteed victory if only she could turn the election into a referendum on Trump. In the end, the election instead turned out to be a referendum on
her, and she lost it.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Aug 21 2020 09:17am