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 | 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 | |
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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] |