Newspaper Endorsement Watch; Obama Out Front
For five WH cycles, the Hotline has tracked the ed boards from the 100 most influential papers in the country, with every state having at least one paper represented in our 100. This listing of 100 newspapers we've compiled has been virtually the same for 16 years.
To date, 40 of the 100 papers in the Hotline 100 have endorsed Barack Obama, with just 10 endorsing John McCain.
Nine Bush '04 papers from our Top 100 have endorsed Obama, including the Houston Chronicle, Austin American-Statesman, Denver Post, New York Daily News, New Haven Register, Idaho Statesman, Las Cruces Sun-News, Salt Lake Tribune and Wisconsin State Journal.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, which did not endorse in '04, came out for Obama, as did the Los Angeles Times, which has not endorsed in more than 30 years. The Chicago Tribune, which in more than 150 years has never picked a Dem, endorsed Obama. McCain, on the other hand, has picked up four papers (not in the Hotline 100) that endorsed Kerry in '04 -- the Newport News Daily Press, the Bradenton Herald, the Jackson Sun (TN) and the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
After the jump, a comprehensive list and a look back at the newspaper endorsement landscape in 2000, 1996 and 1992.
JM BO '04 '00 '96 '92
AL (9 EVs)
Birmingham News GB GB BD GB
Mobile Press-Register GB GB BD GB
AK (3 EVs)
Anchorage Daily News JK AG BC BC
AZ (10 EVs)
Arizona Republic GB GB BD GB
Arizona Daily Star JK AG BC BC
AR (6 EVs)
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette GB GB NO GB
N.W. Arkansas Times X GB GB NO GB
CA (55 EVs)
L.A. Times X NO NO NO NO
Oakland Tribune X JK AG BC BC
Orange County Register NO NO NO NO
Sacramento Bee X JK AG BC BC
San Diego Union-Tribune X GB GB BD GB
San Francisco Chronicle X JK AG BC GB
San Jose Mercury News X JK AG BC BC
CO (9 EVs)
Denver Post X GB AG BC BC
Rocky Mountain News GB GB BD GB
CT (7 EVs)
Hartford Courant GB GB BC BC
New Haven Register X GB GB BD BD
DE (3 EVs)
Wilmington News Journal X JK NO BC BC
DC (3 EVs)
Washington Post X JK AG BC BC
Washington Times GB GB BD GB
FL (27 EVs)
Miami Herald X JK AG NO NO
Orlando Sentinel X JK GB BD GB
Tampa Tribune X NO GB BD GB
St. Petersburg Times JK AG BC BC
GA (15 EVs)
Atlanta Journal Constitution X JK AG BC BC
HI (4 EVs)
Honolulu Advertiser JK AG BC NO
ID (4 EVs)
Idaho Statesman X GB GB BD GB
IL (21 EVs)
Chicago Sun-Times X JK GB BC BC
Chicago Tribune X GB GB BD GB
Peoria Journal-Star GB GB BD BC
IN (11 EVs)
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette X JK AG BC BC
Indianapolis Star-News GB GB BD GB
IA (7 EVs)
Des Moines Register JK AG BC BC
KS (6 EVs)
Wichita Eagle GB GB BD BC
KY (8 EVs)
Louisville Courier-Journal JK AG BC BC
LA (9 EVs)
New Orleans Times-Picayune NO GB NO GB
Shreveport Times GB AG BC BC
ME (4 EVs)
Portland Press-Herald JK AG BC GB
MD (10 EVs)
Baltimore Sun JK AG NO NO
MA (10 EVs)
Boston Globe X JK AG BC BC
Boston Herald X GB GB BD GB
MI (17 EVs)
Detroit Free Press X JK AG BC BC
Detroit News NO GB BD GB
Lansing State Journal JK AG BC BC
MN (10 EVs)
Minnesota Star-Tribune JK AG BC BC
St. Paul Pioneer Press GB GB BC BC
MS (6 EVs)
Jackson Clarion-Ledger GB NO BD BC
MO (11 EVs)
Kansas City Star X JK AG BD BC
St. Louis Dispatch X JK AG BC BC
MT (3 EVs)
Billings Gazette JK GB BD GB
NE (5 EVs)
Omaha World-Herald GB GB BD GB
NV (5 EVs)
Las Vegas Review-Journal X GB GB BC GB
NH (4 EVs)
New Hampshire Union-Leader X GB GB BD GB
NJ (15 EVs)
Bergen Record JK AG BC BC
Newark Star-Ledger JK AG BC BC
NM (5 EVs)
Albuquerque Journal GB GB BD GB
Las Cruces Sun-News X GB GB BD GB
NY (31 EVs)
Albany Times Union JK AG BC BC
Buffalo News X JK AG BC BC
New York Daily News X JK AG BC BC
Newsday JK AG BC BC
New York Post X GB GB BD GB
New York Times JK AG BC BC
NC (15 EVs)
Charlotte Observer JK AG BC BC
Raleigh News and Observer X JK AG BC BC
ND (3 EVs)
Fargo Forum X GB GB BD GB
OH (20 EVs)
Akron Beacon Journal X JK AG BC BC
Cincinnati Enquirer GB GB BD GB
Cleveland Plain Dealer X NO GB BC BC
Columbus Dispatch X GB GB BD GB
Dayton Daily News X JK AG BC BC
OK (7 EVs)
OK City Daily Oklahoman GB GB BD GB
Tulsa World GB GB BD GB
OR (7 EVs)
Portland Oregonian X JK GB BC BC
PA (21 EVs)
Philadelphia Inquirer X JK AG BC BC
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette X JK AG BC BC
Harrisburg Patriot-News NO GB BD BC
RI (4 EVs)
Providence Journal GB GB BD GB
SC (8 EVs)
Columbia State GB GB BD GB
Greenville News GB GB BD GB
SD (3 EVs)
Sioux Falls Argus Leader GB AG BC BC
TN (11 EVs)
Memphis Commercial Appeal X JK GB BD GB
Nashville Tennessean X JK AG BC BC
TX (34 EVs)
Austin American-Statesman X GB GB BC BC
Dallas Morning News X GB GB BD GB
Fort Worth Star-Telegram GB GB BD BC
San Antonio Express X GB GB BD GB
UT (5 EVs)
Salt Lake Tribune X GB NO NO NO
VT (3 EVs)
Burlington Free Press X JK NO BC BC
VA (13 EVs)
Norfolk Virgina Pilot JK AG BC BC
Richmond Times Dispatch GB GB BD GB
WA (11 EVs)
Seattle Post Intelligencer X JK AG BC BC
Seattle Times X JK GB BC BC
WV (5 EVs)
Charleston Gazette X JK AG BC BC
WI (10 EVs)
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel JK NO BD BC
Wisconsin State Journal X GB GB BD BC
WY (3 EVs)
Casper Star Tribune GB NO NO GB
National
Wall Street Journal NO NO NO NO
USA Today NO NO NO NO
KEY
JM = John McCain
BO = Barack Obama
JK = John Kerry
GB = George Bush
AG = Al Gore
BC = Bill Clinton
BD = Bob Dole
NO = Not Endorsing/Did Not Endorse
Other Non-Hotline 100 McCain Endorsements
San Francisco Examiner, Baltimore Examiner, Washington DC Examiner, Lowell (MA) Sun, Fosters Daily Democrat (NH), Grand Junction (CO) Daily Sentinel, Wheeling (WV) News-Register, Napa Valley (CA) Register, Longmont (CO) Times Call, Jackson (TN) Sun, Newport News (Va) Daily Press, Lancaster (PA) New Era, Corpus Christi (TX) Caller Times, Bradenton (FL) Herald, Bakersfield (CA) Californian, Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise, Mountain Valley (CO) News, Pueblo (CO) Chieftain, Fort Dodge (IA) Messenger, New Ulm (MN) Journal, Roswell (NM) Daily Record, Findlay (OH) Courier, Bend (OR) Bulletin, Chambersburg (PA) Public Opinion, Lewistown (PA) Sentinel, Chattanooga (TN) Free Press, Clarksville (TN) Leaf-Chronicle, Amarillo (TX) Globe-News, Beaumont (TX) Enterprise, Lubbock (TX) Avalanche-Journal, Wichita Falls (TX) Times Record News, Wharton (TX) Journal-Spectator, Winchester (VA) Star, Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review
Other Non-Hotline 100 Obama Endorsements
The New Yorker, Esquire, Contra Costa (CA) Times, New Bedford (MA) Standard Times, Toledo (OH) Blade, Springfield (OH) News Sun, Easton (PA) Express Times, Muskegon (MI) Chronicle, Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times, Fresno (CA) Bee, Herald of Monterey (CA), Sun of San Bernardino (CA), Lehigh Valley (PA) Express-Times, Springfield (OH) News, New York Observer, Chattanooga (TN) Times, Durango (CO) Herald, Modesto (CA) Bee, Eugene (OR) Register Guard, Decatur (AL) Daily, Palm Beach (FL) Post, Medford (OR) Mail Tribune, McMinnville (OR) News-Register, Daytona Beach (FL) News Journal, Mason City (IA) Globe Gazette, Durham (NC) Herald Sun, Sarasota (FL) Herald Tribune, Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader, Nashua (NH) Telegraph, Naples (FL) Daily News, Tuscaloosa (AL) News, Burlington (IA) Hawk Eye, Rockford (IL) Register Star, St. Cloud (MN) Times, Las Vegas (NV) Sun, Columbus (OH) Daily Tribune, Tri-City (WA) Herald, The (WA) Olympian, Yakima (WA) Herald Republic, Walla Walla (WA) Union Bulletin, Richmond (IN) Palladium-Item, Columbia (MO) Daily Tribune, Wilmington (NC) Star News, Concord (NH) Monitor, Asbury Park (NJ) Press, Houston (TX) Chronicle, El Mundo, The New Republic, Cortez (CO) Journal, Brunswick (ME) Times Record, Bangor (ME) Daily News, Greenville (NC) Daily Reflector, NH Cabinet Press, Santa Fe (NM) New Mexican, Canton (OH) Repository, Falls Church (VA) News Press, La Opinion, El Diario/La Prensa, Boulder (CO) Daily Camera, Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram, Los Angeles Daily News, Fremont (CA) Argus, Torrance (CA) Daily Breeze, Hayward (CA) Daily Review, Inland Valley (CA) Daily Bulletin, Marin (CA) Independent Journal, Pasadena (CA) Star-News, San Gabriel Valley (CA) Tribune, Stockton (CA) Record, San Mateo (CA) County Times, Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel, Tri-Valley (CA) Herald, Aspen (CO) Daily News, Aurora (CO) Sentinel, Gunnison (CO) Country Times, Ouray (CO) County Plaindealer, Honolulu (HI) Star-Bulletin, Arlington (IL) Daily Herald, Southwest (IL) News-Herald, Storm Lake (IA) Times, Michigan Chronicle, Hamilton (OH) Journal-News, Middletown (OH) Journal, Times-Reporter (OH), Daily Astorian (OR), Salem (OR) Statesman-Journal, Yamhill Valley (OR) News-Register, Sunberry (PA) Daily Item, Bryan-College Station (TX) Eagle, Lufkin (TX) Daily News, Columbian (WA), Huntington (WV) Herald-Dispatch, Madison (WI) Capital Times
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