--- title: Republican Convention: Politics and Shoe Polish description: Huston Shoe Shine saw delegates and small business owners from all over the country, in town for the Republican National Convention. canonical: https://time.com/4417447/republican-convention-shoe-shine/ author: Diane Tsai article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-21T20:41:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-30T12:11:25.417Z article:section: Politics og:title: Politics and Shoe Polish at the Republican Convention og:description: Business is booming in Cleveland. og:url: https://time.com/4417447/republican-convention-shoe-shine/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35651bdd4445da0c/69889e9cab6d7752706aa8eb/shoe-shine-2.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: RNC shoe shine og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Politics and Shoe Polish at the Republican Convention twitter:description: Business is booming in Cleveland. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35651bdd4445da0c/69889e9cab6d7752706aa8eb/shoe-shine-2.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Politics and Shoe Polish at the Republican Convention by [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/) and [Francesca Trianni](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/) Jul 21, 2016 8:41 PM UTC  by [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/) and [Francesca Trianni](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/) Jul 21, 2016 8:41 PM UTC Business isn’t always the best for Greg Huston of Huston Shoe Shine in Cleveland. But this week, Huston’s chair saw delegates, political science students and small business owners from all over the country, in town for the Republican National Convention. Getting a shoe shine is “like having cash in your pocket,” said Bill Nasgovitz, who is attending the convention for the first time. “They make you feel good, don’t they?” The typical pleasantries were swapped for political talk this week as Donald Trump officially became the Republican presidential nominee. Huston, however, plans to vote for Hillary Clinton in November. “This is just like a barbershop or a beauty salon,” Huston said. “I’m just the ear.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4417447/republican-convention-shoe-shine/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4417447/republican-convention-shoe-shine/"},"headline":"Politics and Shoe Polish at the Republican Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-21T20:41:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T12:11:25.417Z","description":"Business is booming","url":"https://time.com/4417447/republican-convention-shoe-shine/","keywords":["Republican National Convention","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35651bdd4445da0c/69889e9cab6d7752706aa8eb/shoe-shine-2.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Diane Tsai","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Francesca Trianni","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35651bdd4445da0c/69889e9cab6d7752706aa8eb/shoe-shine-2.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"RNC shoe shine","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/republican-national-convention/","name":"Republican National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4417447/republican-convention-shoe-shine/","name":"Politics and Shoe Polish at the Republican Convention"}}]}] ```