With the Republican National Convention set to begin on Monday in Cleveland, we spoke with Northeastern professor William Crotty about what actually happens at political conventions and the evolving role these conventions have played in presidential elections.
With the Republican National Convention set to begin on Monday in Cleveland, we spoke with Northeastern professor William Crotty about what actually happens at political conventions and the evolving role these conventions have played in presidential elections.
Crotty, the Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. Chair in Public Life and emeritus professor of political science, was involved in rewriting the convention rules in the late 1960s and early ’70s and is writing a book on the 2016 election, titled Winning the Presidency 2016.
