Vogue has been one of the biggest icons of fashion and pop culture—for decades. Throughout their existence they have never endorsed a political candidate, but this week, like many other trade magazines and newspapers, the Vogue editorial staff is breaking precedence to endorse Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for president.
Perhaps that sentence won’t come as a surprise. Vogue has enthusiastically covered Hillary Clinton’s career, her rise from Yale law student to governor’s wife to First Lady to senator to Secretary of State. She has been profiled by the magazine six times.
That staff says they understand Clinton has “not always been a perfect candidate” (but then, no one has ever been). Her “fierce intelligence and considerable experience,” they say, are evident in her policies that are “clear, sound, and hopeful.”
She supports comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to citizenship. She speaks up for racial justice, for reforming policing and sentencing laws. Her years as Secretary of State have shown that she understands how to strengthen alliances abroad, respond to global crises, and continue American leadership in the world. She is forceful in her support for LGBTQ rights, including an end to discrimination against transgender people. She knows the challenges working women face. Her tax proposals and commitment to infrastructure investment will be a boon to the middle class. She will continue the important work on health-care reform begun by President Obama. She is a sane voice on guns.
Although no person alone cannot mend a deeply divided nation, the staff says Hillary is “intensely qualified” to lead and and say two words give them hope: Madam President.
Women won the vote in 1920. It has taken nearly a century to bring us to the brink of a woman leading our country for the first time. Let’s put this election behind us and become the America we want to be: optimistic, forward-looking, and modern.
In their conclusion they urge folks to head to the polls and put this election behind us. (Notice they didn’t mention him once during the endorsement? Refreshing.)