And Mitt Romney closed his convention speech with three invocations of "That America, that united America".
On Sunday he closed the convention in Ficgayo Place, a favourite spot for FPI rallies in one of Mr Gbagbo's strongest bastions, Yopougon.
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins closed the convention with a discussion on the probability of our existence, the luck of individual existence, gratitude, evolution and the illusion of design.
While Trump closed his convention with speeches from some of his biggest celebrity friends, including Peter Thiel, Clinton is going a different direction.
Mott opened and closed the Convention; her husband James presided.
After the voice vote closed the convention on Saturday, a number of Sanders supporters refused to give up, remaining behind until security and police forced them to leave.
Republicans dodged the cameras, taking less than a minute to formally open and close their convention Monday afternoon.
"As party chair, this week I will open and close the convention and I will address our delegates about the stakes involved in this election not only for Democrats, but for all Americans," she said.
She wrote in a statement, "as Party Chair, this week I will open and close the Convention and I will address our delegates about the stakes involved in this election not only for Democrats, but for all Americans".
Polls show that while handling terrorism remains the one area where Mr. Bush is seen as a surer hand than Mr. Kerry, he has lost considerable ground in recent months, and the Democratic convention closed the gap even more.
