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Democratic gathering in 2008 that made Barack Obama the party\u2019s nominee for the first time. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a survey done just before this year\u2019s Republican convention in Tampa, 44% said they were very or fairly interested in following what happened at that gathering, compared with 48% on the eve of the 2008 GOP convention, and 46% in 2004.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In terms of advance interest in events at the Democratic convention, 55% say they are interested in learning about the Democratic platform, while nearly as many express interest in Obama\u2019s acceptance speech (51%) and former president Bill Clinton\u2019s convention speech (52%). <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2012\/08\/27\/more-interest-in-gop-platform-than-romneys-speech\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just more than four-in-ten Americans say they are interested in what happens at the 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