By the numbers
Milwaukee was the site of the 2024 Republican National Convention this week, marking the first time that Cream City has hosted a full presidential nominating convention for one of the two major political parties in the United States.
The Democratic National Convention was slated to take place in Milwaukee in the summer of 2020, but due to concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the convention took place remotely, with events scattered across the United States. Similarly, the Republican National Convention that year, originally scheduled for Charlotte, North Carolina, was downsized, with some events moved to Jacksonville, Florida, due to meeting restrictions.
The two major political parties each have hosted 26 conventions since the year 1924. Excluding the 2020 events from the tally, this is where they’ve been held:
Over the past century, Chicago has hosted the largest share of conventions, welcoming the Democrats eight times and the Republicans four.
Philadelphia was the second-most frequent destination, with six conventions, equally split between the parties. New York City is at five, with four DNCs and one RNC.
Other Midwestern cities to host Republican conventions in the past century include Cleveland in 1924, 1936 and 2016, Kansas City in 1928 and 1976, Detroit in 1980, and Minneapolis-St. Paul in 2008.
Please visit The American Presidency Project for a tally of Republican and Democratic national conventions.
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