The Democratic National Convention has chosen the dates of its next presidential convention. The event will be August 7-10.

There is a strong tradition in the United States that the major party that does not hold the presidency always nominates before the other major party. Assuming the tradition lasts, the Republican convention will be later in August. Having both major party conventions as late as August is somewhat unusual. For each of the last two presidential elections, the first major party convention was in July.