For decades, MenB has been the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in the UK and Ireland. Today, meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia remain the leading infectious cause of death for children under five in the UK.
The first political party to hold a national convention for this purpose was the Republican Party.
Before the era of presidential primary elections, political party conventions were routinely brokered. The Democratic Party required two-thirds of delegates to choose a candidate, starting with the first Democratic National Convention in 1832, and then at every convention from 1844 until 1936. The Democratic Party's 1968 convention might have been brokered if Robert F. Kennedy had not been assassinated. 2  He had won most of the primaries, but at the time, not enough delegates were selected by primaries to determine the presidential nominee.