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DNC Disaster? More Than A Thousand Delegates Voted ‘No’ On Democratic Party Platform

Emily Zanotti
DNC Disaster? More Than A Thousand Delegates Voted ‘No’ On Democratic Party Platform
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Democrats are more divided than they appear according to numbers released by the Democratic National Committee following their nominating convention last week.

Fox News reports that of the 5,000 delegates that voted on the party’s platform, widely recognized as the most progressive Democratic Party platform in years, more than a thousand delegates — around 25% of all attendees — voted against the decision to approve the party’s official policies.

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