During the 2008 United States presidential election, newspapers, magazines, and other publications made general election endorsements. As of November 4, 2008, Barack Obama had received more than twice as many publication endorsements as John McCain; in terms of circulation, the ratio was more than three to one, according to the detailed tables below:
Summary of Endorsements (with circulation) as of November 4, 2008 | |||
---|---|---|---|
Obama | |||
pubs. | circ. | ||
Daily Newspapers[1] | 296 | 30,580,459 | |
Weekly Newspapers | 111 | 3,951,905 | |
College Newspapers | 79 | 819,000 | |
Magazines and other publications | 10 | 5,226,633 | |
Total | 496 | 40,577,997 | |
Party Switches | 66 |
According to Editor & Publisher magazine, as of November 3, 2008, there were 273 newspapers endorsing Barack Obama compared to 172 for John McCain. By comparison, the magazine reported that before election day in 2004, John Kerry received 213 endorsements compared to 205 for George W. Bush.[2]
UWIRE, in its Presidential Scorecard, reported that Barack Obama led John McCain by 94 to 2 in college newspaper endorsements, as of November 4.[3]
The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies reported that Barack Obama led John McCain by 57 to 0 in endorsements among its 123 member newspapers as of October 31, 2008.[4]
For a full list of newspapers that have endorsed John McCain, see Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential election, 2008, for John McCain.
For a list of newspapers that have chosen not to endorse a candidate, see Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential election, 2008.
Newspaper | Largest Reported Circulation | Paid or Free | State | 2004 endorsement | |
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Cincinnati CityBeat[350] | [351] | Free | Ohio | -- | |
The Austin Chronicle[352] | Free | Texas | Kerry | ||
The Stranger (Seattle)[353] | [354] | Free | Washington | -- | |
Willamette Week (Portland)[355] | [356] | Free | Oregon | -- | |
City Newspaper (Rochester)[357] | Free | New York | -- | ||
Windsor Beacon (Ft. Collins)[358] | -- | Colorado | -- | ||
Bay Guardian (San Francisco)[359] | Free | California | -- | ||
New York Observer[360] | Free | New York | -- | ||
Independent Weekly (Raleigh-Durham)[361] | [362] | Free | North Carolina | Kerry | |
Milford Cabinet[363] | [364] | Paid | Massachusetts | -- | |
El Mundo (Austin)[365] | [366] | Free | Texas | -- | |
The Independent (Columbia)[367] | [368] | Paid | New York | -- | |
The Progress (Caldwell)[369] | [370] | Paid | New Jersey | -- | |
Indian Country Today[371] | [372] | Free | Nationwide | -- | |
The Arkansas Times (Little Rock)[373] | Free | Arkansas | Kerry | ||
Santa Monica Mirror[374] | [375] | Free | California | -- | |
The Pacific Northwest Inlander (Spokane)[376] | [377] | Free | Washington | -- | |
La Prensa Ohio (Toledo)[378] | [379] | Free | Ohio | -- | |
Newcity Chicago[380] | [381] | Free | Illinois | New since 2004 | |
The Arab American News (Detroit)[382] | [383] | Paid | Michigan | -- | |
Creative Loafing (Charlotte)[384] | [385] | Free | North Carolina | -- | |
Tucson Weekly (Tucson)[386] | [387] | Free | Arizona | -- | |
Jackson Free Press[388] | [389] | Free | Mississippi | -- | |
The Villager (New York)[390] | [391] | Free | New York | -- | |
Clarke County Democrat[392] | [393] | Free | Alabama | -- | |
The Boston Phoenix[394] | [395] | Free | Massachusetts | -- | |
Mesquite Local News[396] | [397] | Free | Nevada | New since 2004 | |
The Lincoln Journal (Hamlin)[398] | [399] | Paid | West Virginia | -- | |
Fort Lauderdale Westside Gazette[400] | [401] | Free | Florida | -- | |
The Taos News[402] | [403] | Paid | New Mexico | -- | |
Bay Windows (Boston)[404] | [405] | Free | Massachusetts | -- | |
The Redding Pilot[406] | [407] | Paid | Connecticut | -- | |
New York Gay City News[408] | [409] | Free | New York | -- | |
The Tuskegee News[410] | [411] | Paid | Alabama | -- | |
St. Louis American[412] | [413] | Free | Missouri | Kerry | |
The Storm Lake Times (2x-weekly) | Paid | Iowa | Kerry | ||
Ouray County Plaindealer[414] | Paid | Colorado | Kerry | ||
The Michigan Chronicle (Detroit)[415] | [416] | Paid | Michigan | -- | |
The Falls Church News-Press | Paid | Virginia | Kerry | ||
Southwest News-Herald (Chicago)[417] | [418] | Paid | Illinois | Kerry | |
Yamhill Valley News-Register (McMinnville) (2x-weekly)[419] | [420] | Paid | Oregon | Bush | |
Gunnison Country Times[421] | [422] | Paid | Colorado | No Endorsement | |
The Cortez Journal (3x-weekly)[423] | [424] | Paid | Colorado | Kerry | |
The Aurora Sentinel[425] | [426] | Paid | Colorado | Kerry | |
Amesbury News[427] | [428] | Paid | Massachusetts | -- | |
Downtown Express (New York)[429] | [430] | Free | New York | -- | |
Idaho Mountain Express (Twin Falls)[431] | [432] | Free | Idaho | -- | |
Las Vegas CityLife[433] | [434] | Free | Nevada | -- | |
Carteret County News-Times[435] | Paid | North Carolina | -- | ||
Washington Blade[436] | [437] | Free | District of Columbia | -- | |
Weekly Alibi (Albuquerque)[438] | [439] | Free | New Mexico | -- | |
Athens News (2x-weekly)[440] | [441] | Free | Ohio | -- | |
Baltimore City Paper[442] | [443] | Free | Maryland | -- | |
Boulder Weekly[444] | [445] | Free | Colorado | -- | |
Charleston City Paper[446] | [447] | Free | South Carolina | -- | |
Reno News & Review[448] | [449] | Free | Nevada | -- | |
Sacramento News & Review[450] | [451] | Free | California | -- | |
Chico News & Review[452] | [453] | Free | California | -- | |
Lansing City Pulse[454] | [455] | Free | Michigan | -- | |
Colorado Springs Independent[456] | [457] | Free | Colorado | -- | |
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)[458] | [459] | Free | Georgia | -- | |
Eugene Weekly[460] | [461] | Free | Oregon | -- | |
Flagpole Magazine (Athens)[462] | [463] | Free | Georgia | -- | |
Las Vegas Weekly[464] | [465] | Free | Nevada | -- | |
Long Island Press[466] | [467] | Free | New York | -- | |
Los Angeles CityBeat[468] | [469] | Free | California | -- | |
Memphis Flyer[470] | [471] | Free | Tennessee | Kerry | |
Metro Pulse (Knoxville)[472] | [473] | Free | Tennessee | -- | |
Metro Santa Cruz[474] | [475] | Free | California | -- | |
Metro Silicon Valley (San Jose)[476] | [477] | Free | California | -- | |
Metro Times (Detroit)[478] | [479] | Free | Michigan | -- | |
Metroland (Albany)[480] | [481] | Free | New York | -- | |
Monterey County Weekly[482] | [483] | Free | California | -- | |
North Bay Bohemian (Santa Rosa)[484] | [485] | Free | California | -- | |
Palo Alto Weekly[486] | [487] | Free | California | -- | |
Pasadena Weekly[488] | [489] | Free | California | -- | |
Portland Mercury[490] | [491] | Free | Oregon | -- | |
Portland Phoenix[492] | [493] | Free | Maine | -- | |
Providence Phoenix[494] | [495] | Free | Rhode Island | -- | |
Random Lengths News (Palos Verdes)[496] | [497] | Free | California | -- | |
San Diego CityBeat[498] | [499] | Free | California | -- | |
Santa Barbara Independent[500] | [501] | Free | California | -- | |
Santa Fe Reporter[502] | [503] | Free | New Mexico | -- | |
Cleveland Scene[504] | [505] | Free | Ohio | -- | |
Shepherd Express (Milwaukee)[506] | [507] | Free | Wisconsin | -- | |
Source Weekly (Bend)[508] | [509] | Free | Oregon | -- | |
Ventura County Reporter[510] | [511] | Free | California | -- | |
Worcester Magazine[512] | [513] | Free | Massachusetts | -- | |
The Timberjay Newspapers (Ely/Tower/Cook)[514] | [515] | Paid | Minnesota | -- | |
Al Dia (Philadelphia)[516] | [517] | Free | Pennsylvania | Kerry | |
Philadelphia Tribune (3x-weekly)[518] | Paid | Pennsylvania | -- | ||
Smithtown News[519] | [520] | Paid | New York | -- | |
New Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh)[521] | [522] | Paid | Pennsylvania | -- | |
Warwick Beacon (2x-weekly)[523] | [524] | Paid | Rhode Island | -- | |
Hollis/Brookline Journal[525] | [526] | Paid | Massachusetts | -- | |
Bedford Journal[527] | [528] | Paid | Massachusetts | -- | |
Merrimack Journal[529] | [530] | Paid | Massachusetts | -- | |
Hunterdon Review[531] | [532] | Paid | New York | -- | |
The Sylva Herald and Ruralite[533] | [534] | Paid | North Carolina | -- | |
Tideland News (Swansboro)[535] | [536] | Paid | North Carolina | -- | |
Creative Loafing (Tampa Bay)[537] | [538] | Free | Florida | -- | |
Creative Loafing (Sarasota) | [539] | Free | Florida | -- | |
Lynden Tribune[540] | [541] | Paid | Washington | -- | |
Southgate News-Herald[542] | [543] | Paid | Michigan | -- | |
Newtown Bee[544] | [545] | Paid | New York | -- | |
Portland Observer[546] | [547] | Free | Oregon | -- | |
Queens Tribune[548] | [549] | Free | New York | -- | |
Roxbury Register[550] | [551] | Paid | New Jersey | -- | |
Savannah Tribune[552] | [553] | Free | Georgia | -- | |
South Florida Times[554] | [555] | Free | Florida | -- | |
Weston Forum[556] | [557] | Paid | Connecticut | -- |
Newspaper | Institution | Largest Reported Circulation | Frequency | State | 2004 endorsement | |
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The Daily Nexus[558] | Univ. of Calif. - Santa Barbara | [559] | Daily | California | -- | |
Columbia Daily Spectator[560] | Columbia University | [561] | Daily | New York | Kerry | |
The Daily Californian[562] | Univ. of Calif. - Berkeley | [563] | Daily | California | -- | |
The Daily Campus[564] | Southern Methodist Univ. | [565] | Daily | Texas | -- | |
The Daily Gamecock[566] | Univ. of South Carolina | [567] | Daily | South Carolina | -- | |
The Daily Northwestern[568] | Northwestern Univ. | [569] | Daily | Illinois | -- | |
The Post[570] | Ohio Univ. - Athens | [571] | Daily | Ohio | -- | |
The Daily Evergreen[572] | Washington State Univ. | [573] | Daily | Washington | -- | |
The Harvard Crimson[574] | Harvard University | [575] | Daily | Massachusetts | -- | |
Daily Eastern News[576] | Eastern Illinois Univ. | [577] | Daily | Illinois | -- | |
Indiana Daily Student[578] | Indiana Univ. | [579] | Daily | Indiana | -- | |
Iowa State Daily[580] | Iowa State Univ. | [581] | Daily | Iowa | -- | |
Daily Kent Stater[582] | Kent State Univ. | [583] | Daily | Ohio | -- | |
The Parthenon[584] | Marshall Univ. | [585] | Daily | West Virginia | -- | |
The State News[586] | Michigan State Univ. | [587] | Daily | Michigan | -- | |
Northern Star[588] | Northern Illinois Univ. | [589] | Daily | Illinois | -- | |
Tufts Daily[590] | Tufts Univ. | [591] | Daily | Massachusetts | -- | |
Arizona Daily Wildcat[592] | Univ. of Arizona | [593] | Daily | Arizona | -- | |
Daily Bruin[594] | Univ. of Calif. - Los Angeles | [595] | Daily | California | -- | |
Daily Illini[596] | Univ. of Illinois - Champaign/Urbana | [597] | Daily | Illinois | -- | |
University Daily Kansan[598] | Univ. of Kansas | [599] | Daily | Kansas | -- | |
Michigan Daily[600] | Univ. of Michigan | [601] | Daily | Michigan | -- | |
Oklahoma Daily[602] | Univ. of Oklahoma | Daily | Oklahoma | -- | ||
Daily Pennsylvanian[603] | Univ. of Pennsylvania | [604] | Daily | Pennsylvania | -- | |
Daily Athenaeum[605] | West Virginia Univ. | [606] | Daily | West Virginia | -- | |
Daily Cardinal[607] | Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison | [608] | Daily | Wisconsin | -- | |
Pitt News[609] | Univ. of Pittsburgh | [610] | Daily | Pennsylvania | -- | |
Badger Herald[611] | Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison | [612] | Daily | Wisconsin | -- | |
The Daily Toreador[613] | Texas Tech. Univ. - Lubbock | [614] | Daily | Texas | -- | |
The Daily Campus[615] | Univ. of Conn. | [616] | Daily | Connecticut | -- | |
BG News[617] | Bowling Green State Univ. | [618] | Daily | Ohio | -- | |
Colorado Daily[619] | Univ. of Colorado | [620] | Daily | Colorado | -- | |
Duke Chronicle[621] | Duke University | [622] | Weekly | North Carolina | -- | |
The Pacer[623] | Univ. of Tenn. - Martin | Weekly | Tennessee | -- | ||
The Miami Student[624] | Miami Univ. - Oxford | [625] | 2x-weekly | Ohio | -- | |
New University[626] | Univ. of Calif - Irvine | [627] | Weekly | California | -- | |
The Rocket[628] | Slippery Rock Univ. | [629] | Weekly | Pennsylvania | -- | |
The Michigan Journal[630] | Univ. of Michigan - Dearborn | Weekly | Michigan | -- | ||
The Advance-Titan[631] | Univ. of Wisconsin - Oshkosh | [632] | Weekly | Wisconsin | -- | |
The Maneater[633] | Univ. of Missouri | [634] | Weekly | Missouri | -- | |
The Optimist[635] | Abilene Christian Univ. | Weekly | Texas | -- | ||
The Brandeis Justice[636] | Brandeis Univ. | Weekly | Massachusetts | -- | ||
Bowdoin Orient[637] | Bowdoin Univ. | [638] | Weekly | Maine | -- | |
The Orion[639] | Calif. State Univ. - Chico | [640] | Weekly | California | -- | |
Central Michigan Life[641] | Central Michigan Univ. | [642] | Weekly | Michigan | -- | |
Et Cetera[643] | Eastfield College | [644] | bi-weekly | Texas | -- | |
Berkeley Beacon[645] | Emerson College | Weekly | Massachusetts | -- | ||
El Vaquero)[646] | Glendale Comm. College | Weekly | California | -- | ||
The University News[647] | St. Louis Univ. | [648] | Weekly | Missouri | -- | |
The Point News[649] | St. Mary's College | bi-weekly | Maryland | -- | ||
The Reporter[650] | Stetson Univ. | [651] | Weekly | Florida | -- | |
Pipe Dream[652] | SUNY - Binghamton | [653] | 2x-weekly | New York | -- | |
The Lamron[654] | SUNY - Geneseo | [655] | Weekly | New York | -- | |
The Phoenix[656] | Swarthmore College | [657] | Weekly | Pennsylvania | -- | |
Central Florida Future[658] | Univ. of Central Florida | [659] | 3x-weekly | Florida | -- | |
Louisville Cardinal[660] | Univ. of Louisville | [661] | Weekly | Kentucky | -- | |
The Cardinal Points[662] | SUNY - Plattsburgh | [663] | Weekly | New York | -- | |
The Voice[664] | Washtenaw Comm. College | Weekly | Michigan | -- | ||
Independent Collegian[665] | Univ. of Toledo | [666] | 2x-weekly | Ohio | -- | |
The Arbiter[667] | Boise State Univ. | [668] | 2x-weekly | Idaho | -- | |
The Stony Brook Statesman[669] | SUNY - Stonybrook | [670] | 2x-weekly | New York | -- | |
The Davidsonian[671] | Davidson College | [672] | Weekly | North Carolina | -- | |
The Bates Student[673] | Bates College | [674] | Weekly | Maine | -- | |
The Circle[675] | Marist College | [676] | Weekly | New York | -- | |
The Middlebury Campus[677] | Middlebury College | [678] | Weekly | Vermont | -- | |
The Cornell Daily Sun[679] | Cornell Univ. | [680] | Daily | New York | Kerry[681] | |
Yale Daily News[682] | Yale Univ. | [683] | Daily | Connecticut | -- | |
The Flat Hat[684] | College of William and Mary | [685] | Weekly | Virginia | -- | |
The Tech[686] | Mass. Institute of Tech. | [687] | Weekly | Massachusetts | -- | |
The Sophian[688] | Smith College | [689] | Weekly | Massachusetts | -- | |
The Amherst Student[690] | Amherst College | [691] | Weekly | Massachusetts | -- | |
Daily Texan[692] | Univ. of Texas - Austin | [693] | Daily | Texas | -- | |
The Mac Weekly[694] | Macalester College | [695] | Weekly | Minnesota | -- | |
Minnesota Daily[696] | Univ. of Minnesota | [697] | Daily | Minnesota | -- | |
Fairfield Mirror[698] | Fairfield University | [699] | Weekly | Connecticut | -- | |
The California Aggie[700] | Univ. of Calif - Davis | [701] | Daily | California | -- | |
Daily Iowan[702] | Univ. of Iowa | [703] | Daily | Iowa | -- | |
The Independent Florida Alligator[704] | Univ. of Florida | [705] | Daily | Florida | -- | |
Daily Trojan[706] | Univ. of Southern California | [707] | Daily | California | -- | |
Hofstra Chronicle[708] | Hofstra University | [709] | Weekly | New York | -- | |
The Collegian[710] | Calif. State Univ. - Fresno | [711] | 3x-weekly | California | -- | |
Crimson White[712] | Univ. of Alabama - Tuscaloosa | [713] | Daily | Alabama | -- | |
Daily Collegian[714] | Penn State University | [715] | Daily | Pennsylvania | -- | |
Daily Tar Heel[716] | Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | [717] | Daily | North Carolina | -- | |
Daily Trojan[718] | Univ. of Southern Calif. | [719] | Daily | California | -- | |
Daily Utah Chronicle[720] | Univ. of Utah - Salt Lake City | [721] | Daily | Utah | -- | |
The Miscellany News[722] | Vassar College | Weekly | New York | -- | ||
Stanford Daily[723] | Stanford University | [724] | Daily | California | -- | |
UVU Review[725] | Utah Valley Univ. | Weekly | Utah | -- | ||
The Tartan[726] | Gordon College | [727] | Weekly | Georgia | -- |
Publication | Circulation | 2004 Endorsement | |
---|---|---|---|
The New Yorker[728] | [729] | -- | |
The New Republic[730] | [731] | -- | |
Vibe[732] | -- | ||
Rolling Stone[733] | -- | ||
Esquire[734] | -- | ||
AsianWeek[735] | [736] | -- | |
Poder Magazine[737] | [738] | -- | |
Seed[739] | [740] | -- | |
Nature[741] | [742] | -- | |
The Economist[743] | (North American Edition) | Kerry[744] |