🗳️🗳️ Presidential nominating conventions do not date all the way back to the early days of the United States. Back then, political parties held caucuses where small groups of party leaders chose the candidates. It wasn’t until 1832 that parties held conventions to select their candidates. In the early days conventions took a long time to name a nominee. Modern conventions move quicker than that. Most of the delegates are awarded to candidates through state caucuses or primaries and the nominee