Why women voters wore white to the polls
Some powerful women went to the polls dressed in white Tuesday, but their outfit choices were not a coincidence.
Although wearing white to vote has been co-opted by Hillary Clinton supporters, it's been a tradition dating back to the suffragettes in the early 1900s. The activists were known for wearing white in their campaign to bring voting rights to women.
And in 2016, the #wearwhitetovote movement exploded on social media as voters used it as a rallying cry to support Clinton, the first female presidential nominee of a major party.
Politicians and celebrities donned white for Clinton. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, the California congresswoman who is up for re-election, wore a white pantsuit while in Washington, D.C. While actress America Ferrera campaigned for Clinton Monday in a white blazer.
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Chelsea Clinton didn't exactly wear white, but her T-shirt was all about women and voting. She posted a photo after she had voted for her mother in a shirt that said, "Make Herstory"
But it wasn't just democrats wearing white on Election Day. Melania Trump, who presumably voted for her husband, Donald Trump, sported a white dress at a Manhattan polling place.
Cindy McCain voted in a white suit with her husband Republican Sen. John McCain in Phoenix.
And Ivanka Trump wore a white jacket at her polling station.
Clinton has worn many white pantsuits at debates and rallies. Pantsuits were also a common sight at the polls to show support for Clinton.
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Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been reporting out of her hometown over the years at Bay City News (news wire), SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle website), and even made it out of California to write for the Chicago Tribune. She's been described as a bookworm and a gym rat.
