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Democratic Party officials voted Saturday to strip superdelegates of much of their power in the presidential nominating process, infuriating many traditionalists while handing a victory to the party's left flank.

The measure's overwhelming approval - met by cheers in a hotel ballroom in Chicago - concluded a tense summer meeting of the Democratic National Committee, which had labored over the issue since 2016. Superdelegates that year largely sided with Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders, enraging Sanders' supporters.

Under the new rule, superdelegates - the members of Congress, DNC members and other top officials who made up about 15 percent of delegates that year - will not be allowed to vote on the first ballot at a contested national convention. The change could dramatically re-shape the calculous of future presidential campaigns, rendering candidates' connections to superdelegates less significant.

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