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. , 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 Phoenix Arizona Republic Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Pontiac, Michigan The Oakland Press Poughkeepsie, New York Journal Pueblo, Colorado The Pueblo Chieftain Richmond, Virginia Times-Dispatch Riverside, California Press-Enterprise Saint Joseph, Michigan Herald-Palladium Salt Lake Tribune San Antonio Express-News San Diego Union-Tribune Savannah, Georgia Morning News Sioux City, Iowa Journal Sioux Falls, South Dakota Argus Leader Spartanburg, South Carolina Herald-Journal St. Paul, Minnesota Pioneer Press Stockton, California Record Tulsa, Oklahoma World Vacaville, California Reporter Vancouver, Washington The Columbian York, Pennsylvania Daily Record Washington Times Everett, Washington "The Everett Herald" For John Kerry: Akron, Ohio Beacon-Journal Albuquerque Tribune Allentown Morning Call Anchorage, Alaska Daily News Atlanta Journal-Constitution Baltimore, Maryland The Sun Bangor, Maine Daily News Bismarck, North Dakota Tribune Boise, Idaho Idaho Statesman Boston Globe Bradenton, Florida Herald Bremerton, Washington Sun Bridgewater, New Jersey Courier-News Buffalo News Charleston, West Virginia Gazette Charlotte, North Carolina Observer Chattanooga, Tennessee Times Chicago Sun-Times Columbia, Missouri Daily Tribune Concord, New Hampshire Monitor Crawford, Texas Lone Star Iconoclast Davenport, Iowa Quad-City Times Dayton, Ohio Daily News Daytona Beach, Florida News Journal Delaware News Journal Des Moines Register Detroit Free Press Duluth, Minnesota News Tribune Durango, Colorado Herald Economist Everett, Washington Herald Financial Times Falls Church, Virginia News-Press Flint, Michigan Journal Fort Collins, Colorado Coloradoan Fresno Bee Grand Forks, North Dakota Herald Hackensack, New Jersey Record of Bergen County Honolulu Advertiser The Idaho Statesman The Ithaca Journal Jackson, Tennessee Sun Kansas City, Missouri Star Lansing, Michigan State Journal Las Vegas Sun Lexington, Kentucky Herald-Leader Long Island, New York Newsday Louisville, Kentucky Courier-Journal Medford, Oregon Mail-Tribune Memphis, Tennessee Commercial Appeal Merced, California Sun-Star Miami Herald Minneapolis Star Tribune Modesto, California Bee Montgomery, Alabama Advertiser Muskegon, Michigan Chronicle Myrtle Beach, South Carolina The Sun News Nashua, New Hampshire Telegraph Nashville, Tennessee The Tennessean The Nation Newark, New Jersey Star-Ledger Newport News, Virginia Daily Press The New Republic New York Times Union The New Yorker New York Times Olympia, Washington Olympian Orlando Sentinel Palm Beach Post Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Daily News Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Post-Gazette Port Huron, Michigan Times Herald Portland, Maine Herald-Press Portland Oregonian Raleigh, North Carolina News and Observer Reno, Nevada Gazette-Journal Roanoke, Virginia Times Rockford, Illinois Register Star Sacramento Bee San Francisco Chronicle San Jose Mercury-News Santa Rosa, California The Press Democrat St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis American St. Petersburg Times Seattle Times Seattle Post-Intelligencer The Sheboygan Press Springfield, Massachusetts Republican Springfield, Missouri News-Leader State College, Pennsylvania Centre Daily Times Tacoma, Washington News Tribune Toledo, Ohio Blade Traverse City, Michigan Record-Eagle Trenton, New Jersey Times Tucson Daily Star Vallejo, California Times-Herald Washington Post Waco, Texas Tribune-Herald Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Times Leader and Citizen's Voice Woodbury, New Jersey Gloucester County Times Worcester, Massachusetts Telegram and Gazette
See also Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential primaries