Editing Sam Waterston (section)

=== Political activism ===
He was a spokesman for the [[Unity08]] movement, which unsuccessfully sought to run a [[independent (politician)|non-]] or [[bipartisan]] presidential ticket in the [[United States Presidential Election, 2008|2008 presidential election]].<ref>Unity08.org: {{cite web |url=http://unity08.com/news/pr_120506 |title=Actor Sam Waterston Calls on Americans to Join Growing 2008 Political Movement, Unity08 |access-date=2010-07-28 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103170540/http://unity08.com/news/pr_120506 |archive-date=November 3, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}. Retrieved January 4, 2008.</ref> Waterston stated in 2007 that he had been a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] until leaving the party in disgust following the airing of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s "[[Daisy (advertisement)|Daisy]]" election advertisement in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|author= Alston, Joshua |url=http://www.newsweek.com/2007/12/15/the-real-mccoy.html |title=The Real McCoy | work = [[Newsweek]] |via=[[The Daily Beast]] |date= December 15, 2007|access-date= July 30, 2013}}</ref> However, he endorsed Democratic President [[Barack Obama]] for re-election in 2012.<ref name="thedenverchannel">{{cite news |url=http://www.thedenverchannel.com/politics/31298734/detail.html |work=The Denver Channel |first=Robert |last=Yoon |title=Celebs Open Wallets in WH Race, Mostly for Obama|date=2012-07-24|access-date=2012-07-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831192115/http://www.thedenverchannel.com/politics/31298734/detail.html|archive-date=August 31, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> As of 2016, Waterston is a registered Democrat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dir.ct.gov/sots/LookUp.aspx |title=Connecticut Office of the Secretary of State Voter Registration Lookup |access-date=July 19, 2016}}</ref> On October 18, 2019, Waterston was arrested outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., with ''Grace and Frankie'' co-star [[Jane Fonda]], for protesting the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]]'s policies concerning [[climate change]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jane-fonda-sam-waterston-detained-by-police-protesting-dc-1248693 |title=Jane Fonda and Sam Waterston Arrested While Protesting in D.C. |last=Parker |first=Ryan |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=October 18, 2019 |access-date=October 27, 2019}}</ref>