What is 2024 Democratic National Convention?
[[File:United_Center_1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The [[United Center]] in [[Chicago]] is the site of the 2024 Democratic National Convention]] [[File:Voice of America - Pro-Palestine protestors at DNC 2024.webm|thumb|Police and protesters on the first day of the Democratic National Convention]] The '''2024 Democratic National Convention''' was an event in which delegates of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|United States Democratic Party]] picked the party's nominees for [[President of the United States|president]] and [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]] in the [[2024 United States presidential election]]. Vice President [[Kamala Harris]] was formally nominated for president while [[Governor of Minnesota]] [[Tim Walz]] was formally nominated as vice president. It was held at the [[United Center]] in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] from August 19 to 22.<ref>{{cite news|last=Korecki|first=Natasha|date=April 11, 2023|title=Democrats choose Chicago as the site of the 2024 convention|publisher=[[NBC News]]|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/president-biden-announces-chicago-site-2024-dnc-convention-rcna79044|access-date=April 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://democrats.org/news/dnc-announces-chicago-to-host-2024-democratic-national-convention/|title=DNC Announces Chicago to Host 2024 Democratic National Convention|website=Democratic National Committee|date=April 11, 2023}}</ref> ==Selection process== Top Democrats from [[Illinois]] such as Governor [[J. B. Pritzker]], Senator [[Tammy Duckworth]], and Mayor [[Lori Lightfoot]] supported the city's bid to host the convention.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-31 |title=Pritzker, Lightfoot, Duckworth working on pitch for 2024 Democratic National Convention to be held in Chicago |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2022/3/30/23003656/chicago-democrats-pitch-2024-democratic-national-convention-pritzker-lightfoot-duckworth-dnc-1996 |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=Chicago Sun-Times |language=en}}</ref> Chicago has hosted the most