Newspaper endorsements in the 2004 United States presidential election information
During the 2004 United States presidential election, the online edition of Editor & Publisher, a journal covering the North American newspaper industry, tabulated newspaper endorsements for the two major candidates, Republican incumbent George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry. As of November 1, 2004[update], their tally shows the following:
Endorsements
2004
2000
Bush
Gore
Neutral, Unknown
Bush
190
94
8
88
Kerry
208
43
94
71
They note that 43 papers which had endorsed Bush for the 2000 election switched to endorse Kerry for 2004, whereas 8 papers which had endorsed Al Gore in 2000 switched to endorse Bush for 2004.
They also listed 18 papers, all of which endorsed Bush in 2000, that declared their neutrality for the 2004 election.
They note that the total daily circulation of the papers that have endorsed each candidate is 20,791,336 for Kerry vs. 14,455,046 for Bush.
The following is a partial list of the endorsements:
Choose not to endorse anyone (all backed Bush in 2000):
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Detroit News
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Patriot-News
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Scranton, Pennsylvania Times
Tampa, Florida Tribune
Winston-Salem, North Carolina Journal
For George W. Bush:
Amarillo Globe-News
Austin American-Statesman
Birmingham, Alabama News
Bluefield, West Virginia Daily Telegraph
Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph
Canton The Repository
Chicago Tribune
Carlsbad, New Mexico Current-Argus
Carbondale, Illinois Southern Illiosian
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Gazette
Champaign, Illinois News-Gazette
Clarksville, Tennessee Leaf-Chronicle
Columbus Dispatch
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati Post
Dallas Morning News
Denver Rocky Mountain News
Denver Post
Evansville, Indiana Courier & Press
Easton, Maryland Star Democrat
Easton, Pennsylvania Express-Times
El Paso, Texas Times
Fargo, North Dakota Forum
Farmington, New Mexico Daily Times
Findlay, Ohio Courier
Fredericksburg, Virginia The Free Lance–Star
Freeport, Illinois Standard Journal
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Fort Smith, Arkansas Southwest Times Record
Grand Junction, Colorado Daily Sentinel
Houston Chronicle
Indianapolis Star
Lakeland, Florida Ledger
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Cruces, New Mexico Sun-News
Little Rock, Arkansas Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Lowell, Massachusetts The Sun
Manchester, New Hampshire Union-Leader
Mason City, Iowa Globe-Gazette
Midland, Michigan Midland Daily News
Mobile Register
New Philadelphia, Ohio Times Reporter
New York Daily News
New York Sun
New York Post
Ocala, Florida Star-Banner
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoman
Omaha, Nebraska World-Herald
Parkersburg, West Virginia The Parkersburg News
Parkersburg, West Virginia The Parkersburg Sentinel
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