The Democratic National Convention will be different this year. A political science professor explains why.

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The Democratic National Convention will be different this year. A political science professor explains why.

By Jeff Tiberii,

Rachel McCarthy

Published August 13, 2024 at 11:11 AM EDT

2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia

Caitlin E. Jewitt, author of "The Primary Rules: Parties, Voters, and Presidential Nominations" and political science professor at Virginia Tech, joins co-host Jeff Tiberii to go over the rules and procedures of the Democratic National Convention in this unprecedented election cycle.

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Caitlin E. Jewitt, Ph.D., associate professor, Political Science, and associate chair, Department of Political Science, Virginia Tech

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Jeff Tiberii

Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of 瓜神app's "Due South." Jeff joined 瓜神app in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and 瓜神app鈥檚 Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary 鈥淩ight Turn,鈥� launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.

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Rachel McCarthy

Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at 瓜神app as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.

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