The Democrats and National Republicans imitated the party by holding their first ever conventions in which the party representative for the election were chosen.
Other practices that were imitated included:
Insults to each other (mudlinging) using embarrassing incidents
Election slogans, rallies, barbeques, and buttons etc.
By creating another frontline for Germany, the Allies basically forced Germany to split up their forces, weakening their already losing campaign against the Soviets.
