Politics & Government

Poll: Will You Watch the National Conventions?

Patch wants to know if our readers will be tuning in or out of the Democratic and Republican conventions.

The Republican National Convention was set to begin today.

But the start of the event—located in Tampa, FL—has been pushed back to Tuesday because of the expected arrival of Tropical Storm Isaac.

The Democratic National Convention is schedued for Sept. 4 in Charlotte, NC.

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Some conventions in the past were unpredictable and raucous events.

But in modern political history, the conventions have morphed into days long infomercials for the candidates. 

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