Various notable daily newspapers made endorsements of candidates in the 2016 United States presidential election, as follows. The table below indicates which candidate each publication endorsed in the 2012 United States presidential election and includes only endorsements for the general election.
Candidate | Endorsements | Breakdown by 2012 endorsement | ||
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data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 244 | 100 Barack Obama; 47 Mitt Romney; 19 no endorsement; 1 split endorsement; 76 undetermined | |
data-sort-value="zNo endorsement" | No endorsement | 65 | 38 Mitt Romney; 2 Barack Obama; 2 no endorsement; 11 undetermined | |
data-sort-value="Trump" | Donald Trump | 20 | 14 Mitt Romney; 6 undetermined | |
data-sort-value="Johnson" | Gary Johnson | 9 | 2 Barack Obama; 5 Mitt Romney; 2 undetermined | |
Not Donald Trump | 8 | 2 Mitt Romney; 1 Barack Obama; 4 no endorsement; 1 undetermined | ||
Split endorsement | 2 | 2 split endorsement | ||
Evan McMullin | 1 | 1 undetermined | ||
Not Hillary Clinton | 1 | 1 undetermined |
Newspaper | 2016 endorsement | data-sort-type="number" | Largest reported circulation | Endorsement date | City | State | 2012 endorsement | Notes | |||
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data-sort-value="New York Daily News" | New York Daily News[1] [2] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 312,736[3] | data-sort-value="2016-07-28" | July 28 | New York City | New York | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney[4] | |
data-sort-value="Houston Chronicle" | Houston Chronicle[5] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 925,085[6] | data-sort-value="2016-07-29" | July 29 | Houston | Texas | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney[7] | |
data-sort-value="San Francisco Chronicle" | San Francisco Chronicle[8] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 277,909[9] | data-sort-value="2016-08-05" | August 5 | San Francisco | California | data-sort-value="Obama" | Barack Obama[10] | |
data-sort-value="Tulsa World" | Tulsa World[11] | data-sort-value="zNo endorsement" | No endorsement | 95,063 | data-sort-value="2016-08-08" | August 8 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney[12] | |
data-sort-value="Caledonian-Record" | The Caledonian-Record[13] | data-sort-value="Johnson" | Gary Johnson | 10,204[14] | data-sort-value="2016-08-09" | August 9 | St. Johnsbury | Vermont | |||
data-sort-value="Press Democrat" | The Press Democrat[15] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 50,669 | data-sort-value="2016-08-21" | August 21 | Santa Rosa | California | data-sort-value="zNo endorsement" | No endorsement[16] | |
data-sort-value="Richmond Times-Dispatch" | Richmond Times-Dispatch[17] | data-sort-value="Johnson" | Gary Johnson | 109,345[18] | data-sort-value="2016-09-03" | September 3 | Richmond | Virginia | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney[19] | |
data-sort-value="Berkshire Eagle" | The Berkshire Eagle[20] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 32,612[21] | data-sort-value="2016-09-03" | September 3 | Pittsfield | Massachusetts | data-sort-value="Obama" | Barack Obama[22] | |
data-sort-value="Dallas Morning News" | The Dallas Morning News[23] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 707,792 | data-sort-value="2016-09-06" | September 6 | Dallas | Texas | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney[24] | |
data-sort-value="Boulder Daily Camera" | Daily Camera[25] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 19,459[26] | data-sort-value="2016-09-10" | September 10 | Boulder | Colorado | data-sort-value="Obama" | Barack Obama[27] | |
data-sort-value="Winston-Salem Journal" | Winston-Salem Journal[28] | data-sort-value="Johnson" | Gary Johnson | 62,283[29] | data-sort-value="2016-09-11" | September 11 | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | data-sort-value="Obama" | Barack Obama[30] | |
data-sort-value="New Hampshire Union Leader" | New Hampshire Union Leader[31] [32] | data-sort-value="Johnson" | Gary Johnson | 48,468 | data-sort-value="2016-09-15" | September 15 | Manchester | New Hampshire | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney[33] | |
data-sort-value="Repository" | The Repository[34] | data-sort-value="zNo endorsement" | No endorsement | 54,649 | data-sort-value="2016-09-18" | September 18 | Canton | Ohio | data-sort-value="zNo endorsement" | No endorsement[35] | |
data-sort-value="Los Angeles Times" | Los Angeles Times[36] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 965,598 | data-sort-value="2016-09-23" | September 23 | Los Angeles | California | data-sort-value="Obama" | Barack Obama[37] | |
data-sort-value="Cincinnati Enquirer" | The Cincinnati Enquirer[38] [39] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 207,968[40] | data-sort-value="2016-09-23" | September 23 | Cincinnati | Ohio | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney[41] | |
data-sort-value="Akron Beacon Journal" | Akron Beacon Journal[42] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 96,516 | data-sort-value="2016-09-24" | September 24 | Akron | Ohio | data-sort-value="Obama" | Barack Obama[43] | |
data-sort-value="New York Times" | The New York Times[44] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 1,119,112[45] | data-sort-value="2016-09-24" | September 24 | New York City | New York | data-sort-value="Obama" | Barack Obama[46] | |
data-sort-value="Portland Press Herald" | Portland Press Herald[47] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 57,500[48] | data-sort-value="2016-09-25" | September 25 | Portland | Maine | |||
data-sort-value="Kennebec Journal" | Kennebec Journal | data-sort-value="Hillary Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 8,696 | data-sort-value="2016-09-25" | September 25 | Augusta | Maine | |||
data-sort-value="Arizona Republic" | The Arizona Republic[49] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 496,390 | data-sort-value="2016-09-27" | September 27 | Phoenix | Arizona | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney[50] | |
data-sort-value="Detroit News" | The Detroit News[51] | data-sort-value="Johnson" | Gary Johnson | 146,962[52] | data-sort-value="2016-09-29" | September 29 | Detroit | Michigan | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney[53] | |
Peoria Journal Star[54] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 57,165 | data-sort-value="2016-10-15" | October 15 | Peoria | Illinois | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney | ||
Omaha World-Herald[55] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 141,530 | data-sort-value="2016-10-15" | October 15 | Omaha | Nebraska | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney[56] | ||
Roswell Daily Record[57] | data-sort-value="zNo endorsement" | No endorsement | 10,013 | data-sort-value="2016-10-15" | October 15 | Roswell | New Mexico | ||||
data-sort-value="Santa Fe New Mexican" | The Santa Fe New Mexican[58] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 18,337 | data-sort-value="2016-10-15" | October 15 | Santa Fe | New Mexico | data-sort-value="Obama" | Barack Obama[59] | |
data-sort-value="Herald Bulletin" | The Herald Bulletin[60] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 16,930 | data-sort-value="2016-10-15" | October 15 | Anderson | Indiana | data-sort-value="Obama" | Barack Obama[61] | |
Midland Daily News[62] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 11,764 | data-sort-value="2016-10-15" | October 15 | Midland | Michigan | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney[63] | ||
Longmont Times-Call[64] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 12,905 | data-sort-value="2016-10-15" | October 15 | Longmont | Colorado | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney[65] | ||
The Modesto Bee[66] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 59,555 | data-sort-value="2016-10-15" | October 15 | Modesto | California | data-sort-value="zNo endorsement" | No endorsement | ||
data-sort-value="Adirondack Daily Enterprise" | Adirondack Daily Enterprise[67] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 3,600[68] | data-sort-value="2016-10-15" | October 15 | Saranac Lake | New York | |||
Concord Monitor[69] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 22,747[70] | data-sort-value="2016-10-16" | October 16 | Concord | New Hampshire | data-sort-value="Obama" | Barack Obama | ||
Northwest Herald[71] | data-sort-value="zNo endorsement" | No endorsement | 38,000[72] | data-sort-value="2016-10-16" | October 16 | Crystal Lake | Illinois | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney[73] | ||
data-sort-value="Pueblo Chieftain" | The Pueblo Chieftain[74] | data-sort-value="zNo endorsement" | No endorsement | 35,393 | data-sort-value="2016-10-16" | October 16 | Pueblo | Colorado | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney[75] | |
Star Beacon[76] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 12,241 | data-sort-value="2016-10-16" | October 16 | Ashtabula | Ohio | ||||
The Press of Atlantic City[77] | data-sort-value="zNo endorsement" | No endorsement | 63,824 | data-sort-value="2016-10-16" | October 16 | Atlantic City | New Jersey | ||||
data-sort-value="Sharon Herald" | The Herald[78] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 14,855 | data-sort-value="2016-10-16" | October 16 | Sharon | Pennsylvania | data-sort-value="zNo endorsement" | No endorsement[79] | |
Canon City Daily Record[80] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 3,433 | data-sort-value="2016-10-16" | October 16 | Canon City | Colorado | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney | ||
Merced Sun-Star[81] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 13,261 | data-sort-value="2016-10-17" | October 17 | Merced | California | ||||
Waxahachie Daily Light[82] | data-sort-value="Trump" | Donald Trump | 3,191 | data-sort-value="2016-10-17" | October 17 | Waxahachie | Texas | ||||
LNP[83] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 80,220 | data-sort-value="2016-10-18" | October 18 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | data-sort-value="Split" | Split endorsement | ||
data-sort-value="Opinión" | La Opinión[84] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 49,953[85] | data-sort-value="2016-10-18" | October 18 | Los Angeles | California | data-sort-value="Obama" | Barack Obama[86] | |
data-sort-value="Walla Walla Union-Bulletin" | Walla Walla Union-Bulletin[87] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 11,290 | data-sort-value="2016-10-18" | October 18 | Walla Walla | Washington | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney | |
data-sort-value="Chico Enterprise-Record" | Chico Enterprise-Record[88] | data-sort-value="zNo endorsement" | No endorsement | 29,843[89] | data-sort-value="2016-10-19" | October 19 | Chico | California | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney[90] | |
data-sort-value="Oroville Mercury-Register" | Oroville Mercury-Register[91] | data-sort-value="zNo endorsement" | No endorsement | 5,852[92] | data-sort-value="2016-10-19" | October 19 | Oroville | California | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney[93] | |
data-sort-value="Diario La Prensa" | El Diario La Prensa[94] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 29,339 | data-sort-value="2016-10-19" | October 19 | New York City | New York | |||
Boston Herald[95] | data-sort-value="zNo endorsement" | No endorsement | 96,403[96] | data-sort-value="2016-10-20" | October 20 | Boston | Massachusetts | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney | ||
Fort Worth Star-Telegram[97] | data-sort-value="zNot Trump" | Not Donald Trump | 184,988 | data-sort-value="2016-10-21" | October 21 | Fort Worth | Texas | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney | ||
data-sort-value="Philadelphia Inquirer" | The Philadelphia Inquirer[98] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 497,142 | data-sort-value="2016-10-21" | October 21 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | data-sort-value="Obama" | Barack Obama | |
Newsday[99] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 510,683 | data-sort-value="2016-10-21" | October 21 | Melville | New York | data-sort-value="Romney" | Mitt Romney | ||
Poughkeepsie Journal[100] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 26,984 | data-sort-value="2016-10-21" | October 21 | Poughkeepsie | New York | data-sort-value="Obama" | Barack Obama | ||
San Jose Mercury News[101] | data-sort-value="Clinton" | Hillary Clinton | 634,001 | data-sort-value="2016-10-21" | October 21 | San Jose | California | data-sort-value="Obama" | Barack Obama |