The Democratic convention is pulling together diverse voices. Is a big-tent coalition a winning strategy?

This appeared in The Millennial Source

This year’s Democratic convention started on August 17 and runs through Thursday, August 20. Originally scheduled to take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the event was moved to a livestream video format due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The first two days of convention speaking slots were given to speakers with a variety of backgrounds.

While the majority of the speakers were Democrats, there were also Independents and Republicans featured at the event, perhaps most prominently John Kasich, a conservative former governor of Ohio and Colin Powell, the former secretary of state under President George W. Bush.

As for the different ideological positions featured at the event from within the Democratic Party, both moderate Democrats spoke alongside members of the progressive wing of the party.

Representing the party establishment, former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton had speaking slots at the event, along with Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and former Secretary of State (and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee) John Kerry.