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Who Danced Better, Republican Delegates or Democratic Delegates?

A forensic side-by-side analysis.

This year’s Republican and Democratic conventions have been full of showy political performers, busy oppositions, and soaring rhetoric. But you wouldn’t know it from the exuberant dancing from red and blue delegates alike, which suggested conventioneers from both parties enjoyed the nearby bars each night before the show.

These being rival conventions and all, the cheerful displays led us to ask: Who danced it better? Watch the video above for our forensic analysis.

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