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- The Democratic National Convention in 2024 showed a shift from the party in 2020.
- Democrats in 2020 were more solemn and more interested in appealing to progressives in the party.
- This year there's been a focus on joy and on appealing to moderates, independents, and GOP voters.
Granted, 2020 was unusual, to say the least. It was an election year with a particularly divisive incumbent, the COVID-19 pandemic upended American life, and the murder of George Floyd ignited a massive protest movement across the US.