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Conventional Wisdom: DNC2012 facts and figures

CO Conventional Wisdom Facts, features and fodder about the RNC and DNC from experts at the Tampa Bay Times 2012 DNC2012 Charlotte, N.C. RNC2012 Tampa, Fla. A tale of two convention cities In this final installment in a series of graphics related to the 2012 political conventions, we take a quick snapshot of some key numbers related to the DNC in Charlotte and the RNC in Tampa. [Ninth in a series] * ** * The party delegations Charlotte, N.C. Tampa, Fla. 5,556 delegates 2,286 2.125 delegates alternates 27 Percentage of delegates at DNC that are African- American Percentage of delegates at the RNC who were African- American (est.) 407 alternates Investment by hosting city $36.6 million $55 million Amount the Charlotte host committee needed to raise for the convention. Amount the RNC host committee raised for Tampa. $20 million $7 Amount budgeted to make over the Tampa Bay Times Forum. million Amount budgeted to make over Time Warner Cable Arena. 0. Number of public events offered by DNC organizers to thank Charlotteans for their support. Number of public events offered by RNC organizers in Tampa. 4,000 Approximate number of people who toured the Time Warner Cable <500 Estimated crowd size of the largest protest in Tampa, which occurred Monday, the originally scheduled first day of the convention. Organizers had been expecting 5,000 for the march. P >800 Arena on Friday Estimated crowd size for Sunday protest in Charlotte, two days before the official start of the convention. RNC 2012 DNC2012 250 400 Number of buses that will be used to move nearly 6,000 delegates to DNC events. Number of buses used in Tampa to ferry 2,200 delegates. The plan was later deemed insufficient because of delays. Audience for the messages -Biden BOmmey-By Ryan Obama. 2012 20,000 2012 20,000 Seating capacity for Time Warner Cable Arena, where President Barack Obama will accept his party's nomination. Official seating capacity of the Tampa Bay Times Forum, where Mitt Romney accepted the nomination. (It was scheduled for Bank of America Stadium before an expected crowd of 65,000, but was moved indoors due to the threat of storms.) (Due to some seats being removed, this number might not be the actual number of seats used during the convention.) DNC 2012 RNC 2012 VOTE Tampa Bay Times Compiled by Anne Glover Graphics by Lee Glynn | Times Information from the Charlotte Observer, POLITICO and Times files was used in this graphic tampabay.com

Conventional Wisdom: DNC2012 facts and figures

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A graphic look at the delegates, venues and costs of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C and how it compares to the RNC 2012 event in Tampa, Florida.

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TampaBay.com

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Lee Glynn

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Politics
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