Wooing Democrats to Pittsburgh isn't all about logistics, said Kyle Kondik, a spokesman for the University of Virginia Center for Politics. But the location can play a factor in the message the party wants to send to members, he said. “Pittsburgh would be an interesting choice for the Democrats ... if Hillary Clinton is the nominee. I think she's going to try to do better in Appalachia than Obama did, and having it in Pittsburgh would be an interesting, kind of symbolic gesture about what Democrats think about the importance of that part of the country.”