In historic move, 'The Atlantic' endorses Hillary
October 06, 2016 03:52
Driven by its staunch opposition to Donald Trump, The Atlantic has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President of the United States, marking just the third time in the magazine's 160-year history that it has made a presidential endorsement.
Labeling the Republican presidential nominee "a demagogue, a xenophobe, a sexist, a know-nothing, and a liar," The Atlantic's editors encouraged their readers to "act in defense of American democracy and elect his opponent."
The last time The Atlantic took sides in a presidential election was in 1964, when it sided with Lyndon B Johnson due to similar fears about his opponent, Barry Goldwater.
Its only other presidential endorsement came 104 years earlier when it backed Abraham Lincoln.
"The Atlantic does not have a tradition of weighing in on presidential contests except when there is perceived to be a danger to the Republic," Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic's national correspondent and the man who wrote the first draft of the endorsement, told CNNMoney.
"The founding manifesto of The Atlantic was that it would be 'the organ of no party or clique,'" Goldberg continued. "We adhere to that. Only when a candidate is so obviously dangerous, or so obviously unqualified for the job, does The Atlantic decide to weigh in."
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