CHICAGO — Delegates at the Democratic National Convention voted Monday to approve the 2024 party platform, coalescing around a vision for the next four years that had already been written before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.
The 92-page document, passed in a largely ceremonial voice vote, repeatedly highlights Biden’s positions and achievements, which may differ slightly from Harris’s.
The document was approved by the platform committee on July 16, less than a week after Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris. The platform also mentions Biden’s “second term” 20 times, emphasizing the recency of the campaign shake-up.
“It makes a strong statement about the historic work that President Biden and Vice President Harris have accomplished hand-in-hand, and offers a vision for a progressive agenda tha …