This week is the 2024 Republican National Convention, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While many regard the RNC today as a media spectacle, the Convention has historically served a very important purpose for the functioning of party politics and the democratic process. From the era of Abraham Lincoln to modern day, follow along to learn about how the RNC came to be.

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