Wall Street was hit hard in the latest draft of the Democratic Party’s platform, which reflected the influence of Bernie Sanders by taking a sharp leftward turn from 2012 on a range of issues, from regulation and taxes to support for a $15 minimum wage.
The 35-page document, hammered out in drafting sessions in St. Louis, reflects a delicate and as yet untested balancing act by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as she seeks a unified position on contentious issues ranging from wages to oil drilling to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.