--- title: West Wing Cast on Who President Bartlet Would Endorse description: The cast of the West Wing reunited at the ATX Television Festival in Austin, TX, where they revealed who President Bartlet would endorse for president. canonical: https://time.com/4378212/west-wing-presidential-endorsement-2016/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-22T16:34:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:38.477Z og:title: Here's Who The 'West Wing' Cast Thinks President Bartlet Would Endorse in 2016 og:description: The answer was delivered via monologue, of course og:url: https://time.com/4378212/west-wing-presidential-endorsement-2016/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Who The 'West Wing' Cast Thinks President Bartlet Would Endorse in 2016 twitter:description: The answer was delivered via monologue, of course twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's Who the _West Wing_ Cast Thinks President Bartlet Would Endorse in 2016 > Sponsored content. 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During interviews, the cast offered many gems about [the beloved show](http://time.com/4312740/allison-janney-cj-cregg-white-house-press-briefing-correspondents-dinner-west-wing/) (apparently, [the Broadway hit](https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/745594671741603841?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) _Hamilton_ was inspired by _The West Wing_), but the most important revelation of the festival was who Josiah Bartlet would endorse for the 2016 election. Show creator and executive producer [Aaron Sorkin](http://time.com/4746/aaron-sorkin-philip-seymour-hoffmans-death-saved-10-lives/) went on a signature didactic monologue about the dangers of Donald Trump before concluding that President Bartlet would “endorse Hillary Clinton.” > [](https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/745593857018994689) Lucky for us, however, whatever the outcome of this presidential election, there might be a chance to catch the _West Wing_ crew back in the White House. 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