Best moments from the 2016 RNC and DNC

Sam Koukoulas
Updated

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Election season is upon us! Over the past week major political parties gathered to nominate their presidential candidates.

The Republican National Convention was held in Cleveland for the fourth time in history. The party nominated Donald Trump for president with Mike Pence standing by his side as the nominee for vice president.

The Democratic National Convention was held in Philadelphia. The party nominated Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine as their presidential and vice presidential nominees, respectively.

The conventions were full of political pride and AOL.com editors were on the ground capturing the best moments.

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Here are the best moments from the conventions you may have missed:

The RNC was littered with elephants:

Protests erupted all over the conventions, the Dems called for a revolution:
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Meanwhile Republican supporters and critics were separated by police:
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Despite Hillary Clinton becoming the nominee people were still feelin' the Bern:
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Comedians took to the streets for a bit of comic relief -- Eric Andre was scene at the RNC dancing with a donkey:

Live from Cleveland it's Saturday night! Comedians Michael Che and Colin Jost from SNL were at the DNC passing out free water:

Talk about a party, despite protests there was A LOT of dancing from both sides of the aisle:
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And DNC supporters sure didn't pass up on the opportunity to eat a Philly cheesesteak:
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