The Countdown: Democratic National Convention Preview

The Countdown to Election 2020: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the DNC

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Friday, August 14, 2020
The Countdown: DNC Preview
Bill Ritter, ABC News' Rick Klein, political analyst Hank Sheinkopf and others discuss Biden's choice of Kamala Harris as running mate and the upcoming DNC

NEW YORK (WABC) -- On the road to election day, the first stop is the Democratic National Convention beginning the week of August 17.

The DNC was originally planned in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It's an important state on the electoral map. Both parties want to win there.

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Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this convention will be unlike any other: a virtual one.

How different will it be?

On this week's Countdown, Bill Ritter is joined by ABC News embedded reporters with the Biden and Trump campaigns, ABC News political director Rick Klein and political consultant Hank Sheinkopf.

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The 2020 Democratic National Convention will take place from Monday, Aug. 17, to Thursday, Aug. 20. On each night of the convention, two hours of scheduled programming will begin at 9 p.m. ET | 8 p.m. CT | 6 p.m. PT.

Biden will formally accept the party's nomination from Wilmington's Chase Center on Thursday evening.

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2020 VOTE RESOURCES

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