GOP Convention Heads Into Day
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“TRUMP HEADLINES FIRST EVER GOP MIDTERM CONVENTION PROMISES 5K TO ALL AMERICANS IF REPUBLICANS WIN”
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The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas can host over 1,000 events per year
Topic poll · all networksWhich GOP convention moment most fired up the base?
Trump held 30+ rallies in the final weeks of the 2018 midterms!
No modern president had campaigned so aggressively in a midterm cycle. Trump visited 20+ states in October–November 2018 alone — a pace political historians called unprecedented for a sitting president.
Topic poll · all networksThe GOP last held a formal midterm convention in what year?
- 1962
- 1974
- 1982
- 1994
Guess, then reveal the answer
1974
The 2022 midterms cost a record $16.7 billion total.
Per OpenSecrets, the 2022 midterm cycle shattered all spending records — more than double the $7.1B spent in 2018. Conventions like this Dallas gathering are key tools for early donor and volunteer mobilization.
The RNC has held midterm conventions to shape party rules since 1974!
Midterm conventions let Republicans update party rules between presidential cycles. The RNC, founded in 1854, uses these gatherings for key governance votes. Learn more at Wikipedia
