Politicon

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Jimmy Dore with an attendee at the 2016 edition

James Carville and Sarah Palin at Politicon 2016

Politicon is an annual, non-partisan political convention in the United States.^[1] Its tag line is “Unconventional Political Convention”.^[2] Its objective is to bring "Republicans, Democrats, and people of all political stripes together to banter and spar over the most topical issues in smart and entertaining ways that often poke fun at both sides of the aisle".^[3][4][5][6]

The third annual^[2] convention was held July 29, 2017 and July 30, 2017,^[7][8] at the Pasadena Convention Center^[9] near Los Angeles, California.^{[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]} Simon Sidi is a co-founder of Politicon^{[20][21][22][13][23][24]} and CEO.^[25][26] It has been called the Comic-Con of politics^{[27][28][29][30]} and the Coachella of politics.^[31][32] The first occurred at the Los Angeles Convention Center on October 9–10, 2015.^{[33] [34][35][36][36]} The second occurred at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California on June 25–26, 2016.^{[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]}

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