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Advanced Placement U.S. Government & Politics involves both the study of general concepts used to interpret U.S. politics & the analysis of specific case studies. It also requires familiarity with the various institutions, groups, beliefs, & ideas that constitute U.S. political reality.

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This Month's Featured Story

Every four years, members of the Democratic and Republican Parties in the United States meet in order to nominate their parties' candidates for president, as well as to adopt a statement of party principles and goals known as the platform. And while 19th century conventions were often heated affairs at which presidential candidates were selected through intensive negotiations and multiple votes, the growth of the primary system has made today's events have become little more than media spectacles.

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  • 2012 Democratic National Convention (Official Site)
  • 2012 Republican National Convention (Official Site)
  • Do Party Conventions Matter Anymore? (NY Times)
  • How Political Conventions Work (How Stuff Works)
  • Origins of the Convention Process (PBS - NewsHour)
  • The Top 10 Political Conventions (Smithsonian Magazine)

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The tumultuous 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago against the backdrop of the Vietnam War & the assassinations of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.  & presidential hopeful Robert Kennedy.


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Should public funds be used to finance party conventions?
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