| In July and August the Democratic and Republican parties hold their nominating conventions. |
| For instance, I imagine that almost every one of the women nominating old flames is the dumper rather than the dumpee. |
| In every case, hindsight suggested that the threat of an actual nominating convention had always been more apparent than real. |
| It brought home to millions the excitement of gavel-to-gavel coverage of the presidential nominating conventions. |
| Candidates work for months and years, to win delegates pledged to support them at their party's presidential nominating convention. |
| In the end, caucuses vote, selecting a preferred candidate and a slate of delegates to represent their views at a nominating convention. |
