Sanders given significant influence over Dem platform

Published May 23, 2016 5:40pm ET



Bernie Sanders will have an unusual level of influence over the Democratic Party platform, as he and Hillary Clinton will appoint nearly the same number of members to the committee that will draft it at the convention this summer.

Clinton and Sanders have agreed with Democratic officials that Sanders will appoint five of the 15 members of the platform committee, while Clinton will appoint six. This is supposed to give them influence roughly proportional to their popular vote shares in the Democratic presidential primaries this year, according to a report. DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will fill the other four slots.

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