The Republican National Convention is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1856 by the Republican Party in the United States. They are administered by the Republ
Delegates on the floor of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland
Musical Fund Hall at 808 Locust Street in Center City Philadelphia, where the first Republican nominating convention for president and vice president was held from June 17 to 19, 1856
Pat Nixon addresses the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach in support of her husband's reelection in the 1972 presidential election, representing the first time a First Lady ever addressed a Republican National Convention; it has since become a common practice.
Each of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and five territories of the United States hold either primary elections or caucuses to help nominate individual candidates for president of the Un
2016 presidential primary election ballots in Massachusetts
Voters checking in at a 2008 Washington State Democratic caucus held at the Nathan Eckstein Middle School in Seattle
A 2008 Washington state Democratic caucus held in the school lunchroom of Eckstein Middle School in Seattle. In some states like Washington, voters attend local meetings run by the parties instead of polling places to cast their selections.
A 2008 Democratic caucus meeting in Iowa City, Iowa. The Iowa caucuses are traditionally the first major electoral event of presidential primaries and caucuses.