After 13 months, 16 failed candidates dispatched, 56 state and territorial contests and 31,160,103 total votes cast, the Republican nominating process rolled into Cleveland, Ohio, for four days of pageantry.
There are more numbers where that came from:
390,113
Population of Cleveland, Ohio
20,562
Capacity of the Quicken Loans arena, the main convention site and home of basketball’s NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers
18,349
People that police estimate will participate in protests and other “special events” throughout the week
15,000
Members of the media in attendance
‘Thousands’
Law enforcement officers on duty for the convention, according to Cleveland police chief Calvin Williams, whose own force is 1,550 strong
2,472
Republican delegates in attendance
1,543
Delegates captured by Trump before the convention (306 more than he needed)
398
Days since Trump declared his candidacy for president
168
Republican National Committee members
86
Entries on a prohibited items list for convention areas, including tennis balls, grappling hooks, sledgehammers, bike locks, light bulbs, drones and “containers of bodily fluids”
31
Number of states where no permit is needed to openly carry a gun. Ohio is one.
28
Times in the last 30 presidential elections that Ohio has gone for the overall winner
18
Electoral votes the state of Ohio will award in November
12
People injured in various shootings in Cleveland on Friday night. One additional person was killed.
Seven
Republican US senators speaking at Trump’s convention – the other 47 are not
Five
Number of “maritime safety zones” established by the coast guard along Cleveland’s Lake Erie waterfront, for waterborne protesters or recreationalists
Four
Number of Trump offspring scheduled to address the convention
Three
Former and current TV actors who will address the convention on night one, devoted to national security with a “Make America Safe Again” theme
Two
Points by which Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in Ohio polling averages
One
Convention-related arrest as of Monday; a man attempted to take an officer’s gas mask, police said
Zero
Number of former Republican presidents attending the convention
