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sheshe2

(83,791 posts)
Mon Nov 7, 2016, 09:19 PM Nov 2016

Here’s Why Clinton Supporters Are Wearing White To The Polls



Hillary Clinton supporters looking to show their sartorial solidarity with their candidate on Tuesday have one obvious option: the pantsuit, Clinton’s preferred power uniform.

Another option? Wear white.


On Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, a grassroots campaign is calling for Clinton supporters to #WearWhite or #WearWhiteToVote, a nod to the suffragist movement ― and one that the candidate herself appears to have embraced throughout the campaign.

According to The New York Times, the white pantsuit that Clinton wore to accept the Democratic nomination “quietly but clearly” referenced the women’s movement, as white, purple and gold were the official colors of the National Woman’s Party, and many suffragists wore white while fighting for the right to vote. She wore white again during the final presidential debate.




Louise Marley
?@SingerLouise
#WearWhiteToVote in honor of our foremothers who fought, suffered, and even died to win the vote for women.





Ms. Magazine
?@MsMagazine
Honor feminist history. #WearWhiteToVote. http://bit.ly/2ffV3kn



Read More!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/heres-why-clinton-supporters-are-wearing-white-tomorrow_us_5820b660e4b0aac62485e245


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Here’s Why Clinton Supporters Are Wearing White To The Polls (Original Post) sheshe2 Nov 2016 OP
Kicking it for the suffragists nm AmericanActivist Nov 2016 #1
I will wear white while I work at the polls tomorrow! livetohike Nov 2016 #4
Yes! sheshe2 Nov 2016 #5
Damn. Now I have to get all my white stuff out of the storage bags. dhol82 Nov 2016 #6
I'm going with a jacket/pants option. LisaM Nov 2016 #7
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dhol82

(9,353 posts)
6. Damn. Now I have to get all my white stuff out of the storage bags.
Mon Nov 7, 2016, 09:34 PM
Nov 2016

That's the summer wardrobe.
But, get it out I will!

LisaM

(27,813 posts)
7. I'm going with a jacket/pants option.
Mon Nov 7, 2016, 09:39 PM
Nov 2016

I have a bright electric pink shirt, and I realized that I could pair it with a black jacket and black pants and somewhat replicate one of Hillary's color combos!

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