Even in 'Red' States Obama Has Big Lead Over McCain in Newspaper Endorsements (E&P)

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BARACK OBAMA

ALABAMA (1)
Tuscaloosa News (K): 32,768

ARKANSAS (1)
Arkansas Times (K): 34,000

COLORADO (8)
Aspen Daily News (K): 12,500
The Aurora Sentinel: 46,000
Boulder Camera (K): 28,994
Cortez Journal (K): 6,700
The Denver Post (B): 225,193
The Durango Herald (K): 8,870
Gunnison Country Times (N/A): 4,000
Ouray County Plaindealer (K): 3,000

FLORIDA (6)
Daytona Beach News-Journal (K): 99,627
Miami Herald (K): 240,223
Naples Daily-News (B): 66,272
Orlando Sentinel (K): 227,593
>>>The Palm Beach Post (K): 164,474
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (K): 114,904

GEORGIA (1)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (K): 326,907

IDAHO (1)
Idaho Statesman (K): 61,927

INDIANA (2)
The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne) (K): 64,304
Palladium-Item (Richmond) (B): 15,453

IOWA (3)
The Hawk Eye (Burlington) (K): 18,921
Mason City Globe Gazette (B): 17,666
The Storm Lake Times (K): 3,200

KENTUCKY (1)
Lexington Herald-Leader (K):109,624

MISSOURI (3)
Columbia Daily Tribune (K): 18,131
The Kansas City Star (K): 252,785
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (K): 255,057

NEVADA (1)
Las Vegas Sun (K): 174,341

NEW HAMPSHIRE (2)
Concord Monitor (K): 19,885
Nashua Telegraph (K): 24,272

NEW MEXICO (2)
Las Cruces Sun-News (B): 21,341
Santa Fe New Mexican (K): 25,249

NORTH CAROLINA (5)
Asheville Citizen-Times (K): 50,160
The Daily Reflector (Greenville) (K): 21,703
Durham Herald-Sun: 32,845
News & Observer (Raleigh) (K): 176,083
Wilmington Star-News (K): 47,620

OHIO (9)
Akron Beacon-Journal (K): 119,929
The Blade (Toledo) (K): 119,901
Dayton Daily News (K): 116,690
>>>Hamilton Journal-News (B): 19,432
>>>Middletown Journal: 17,285
The Repository (Canton) (B): 65,789
The Times-Reporter (New Philadelphia) (B): 22,428
Springfield News-Sun (K): 24,684
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland): 330,280

TENNESSEE (3)
Chattanooga Times (K): 71,716
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis) (K): 146,961
The (Nashville) Tennessean (K): 161,131

TEXAS (4)
Austin American-Statesman (B): 170,309
The Eagle (Bryan-College Station): 21,654
Houston Chronicle (B): 494,131
The Lufkin Daily News (K): 12,225

UTAH (1)
The Salt Lake Tribune (B): 121,699

VIRGINIA (1)
Falls Church News-Press (K): 30,500

WEST VIRGINIA (2)
The Charleston Gazette (K): 48,061
Huntington Herald-Dispatch (K): 27,463

JOHN McCAIN

COLORADO (4)
Mountain Valley News (Cedaredge): 2,000
The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction) (B): 31,349
The Pueblo Chieftain (B): 49,169
Daily Times-Call (Longmont) (B): 21,127

FLORIDA (2)
Bradenton Herald (K): 48,618
Tampa Tribune: 220,522

IOWA (1)
The Messenger (Fort Dodge): 16,355

NEW HAMPSHIRE (2)
Foster’s Daily Democrat (B): 22,547
Union Leader (Manchester) (B): 51,782

NEW MEXICO (1)
Roswell Daily Record: 11,700

NEVADA (1)
Las Vegas Review-Journal (B): 174,341

NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo Forum (B): 48,303

OHIO (2)
Columbus Dispatch (B): 199,524
The (Findlay) Courier (B): 22,319

TENNESSEE (3)
>>>The Chattanooga Free Press (B): 71,716
The Jackson Sun (K): 32,121
The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville) (B): 20,354

TEXAS (8)
Amarillo Globe-News (B): 44,764
Beaumont Enterprise: 45,684
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (K): 53,368
Dallas Morning News (B): 368,313
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: 49,094
San Antonio Express-News (B): 225,447
Times Record News (Wichita Falls): 28,888
Wharton Journal-Spectator: 5,000

VIRGINIA (2)
Daily Press (Newport News) (K): 91,508
The Winchester Star: 20,218

WEST VIRGINIA (1)
Wheeling News-Register (B): 12,821

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EXCLUSIVE: Newspaper Endorsements for President Since 1940 Show Wide GOP Edge

As many may know, E&P, citing tradition, has been counting and listing all of the editorial page endorsements for president again this year. In the current count, to be updated Thursday, Barack Obama leads by about 125 to 46 over John McCain. Check out our running list of all endorsements, updated continuously here.

But what about in years past? Have Democrats usually earned the nod from newspapers? Or is Obama just an especially good candidate -- or McCain a poor one -- this year, in the eyes of many newspapers?

We have noted previously that in our 2004 count, John Kerry barely edged George Bush 213-205. But what about before then?

Well, in 2000 we took a poll of editors and publishers and found that they reported, by a 2-1 margin, that they had favored Bush over Al Gore. This was fairly close to what we found later when we asked papers about their 2000 endorsements and found 137 saying they had backed Bush and only 99 naming Gore.
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