Endorsements by Newspapers in the 2008 General Election

Endorsements by Newspapers and Magazines in the 2008 General Election

Primary Endorsements
2004 General Election Endorsements
2000 General Election Endorsements

The process by which newspapers make endorsements, the timing of them, and the various arguments made for and against the candidates offer rich areas for analysis.
Newspaper endorsements can be significant in contested primaries or in local or initiative races, but they likely have little impact in the presidential campaign general election where an abundance of information about the candidates is available. In his Oct. 3, 2008 column, Editor & Publisher's Greg Mitchell considers the question "Do Newspaper Endorsements Matter? Here's One Vote for...Yes." Editor & Publisher does a first-rate job tracking endorsements and is the definitive source on endorsements by daily newspapers including the number of newspapers backing each candidate, the cumulative circulation, and newspapers that have switched from 2004 (Bush to Obama or Kerry to McCain). Editor & Publisher found 296 daily newspapers with a total circulation of 30.5 million endorsing Obama compared to 180 with a circulation of 11.9 million endorsing McCain (in 2004 the numbers were 213 to 205 for Kerry over Bush).

Depending on the paper, the editorial board, the publisher or the owner may weigh in to varying degrees to determine who the paper supports. Terminology comes into play; some papers prefer to "recommend" rather than "endorse;" one paper made it very clear that it was not endorsing either candidate but rather making a "selection." Some papers do not endorse (or recommend or select); some eschew endorsing in the presidential race, where they do not have access to the candidates, but do endorse in local contest. Other papers rarely endorse, so when they do the endorsement takes on more significance. Other papers may have a track record of endorsing the candidate of a particular party; a switch calls attention to the endorsement. (For example, the Chicago Tribune's endorsement of Obama marked the first time in its history it had endorsed the Democratic nominee for president).

Regardless of their impact or lack of impact, endorsements frequently offer well written, thoughtful views on the candidates' strengths and weaknesses. Below is a partial listing of links to endorsements. Consider the arguments in the editorials. How well reasoned are they or do they largely repeat campaign talking points? What does a particular ed. board see as the strengths and weakness of the candidate they are endorsing and of the other candidate? How much space do they devote to the other candidate? To the vice presidential nominee? Is the endorsement strong and enthusiastic or does it come with reservations or seem tepid? Does it reflect a divided editorial board? In a few instances a divided ed. board will lead a paper not to endorse, or it may publish dissenting views.

Also interesting are readers' reactions to an endorsement; many papers post these on their websites. Invariably one finds readers who are not surprised that the liberal/conservative rag would make such an endorsement and those who vow to cancel their subscriptions. At the same time a non-endorsement will lead some readers to call the paper "spineless." Finally, the campaigns make use of endorsements; in the closing weeks of the race, they issue a steady stream of press releases highlighting their endorsements.

Methodology: The list of daily (plus a few three times a week) newspaper endorsements below is fairly thorough but definitely not exhaustive (see Editor & Publisher and Wikipedia). The starting point for assembling this section was information from the campaigns, supplemented by information from Editor & Publisher and Wikipedia. Dates are from the newspaper websites. (Unfortunately there is a bit of fuzziness on a few of the dates. In some instances newspapers post their endorsements on their websites a day ahead of when they appear in the print editions; it is not clear on which day they appeared in the paper or indeed which should be considered the date of the endorsement).

Notes:
See also the interesting visualization produced by amCharts.com, a Lithuanian company.
Wikipedia: "Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential election, 2008."

*Asterisk in table below indicates newspaper is one of the "Top 100 Daily Newspapers" according to the 2008 list produced by BurrellesLuce (daily circulation figures and rankings from that list).

Obama
MAGAZINES/NATIONAL
Black Enterprise (Oct. 21)
The Economist (Oct. 30)
Esquire (Oct. 10)
The New Republic (appeared Oct. 19)
The New Yorker (issue dated Oct. 13)
Poder (Oct. 28)

The Financial Times (Oct. 26)
Indian Country Today (Oct. 27)

McCain
MAGAZINES/NATIONAL

*Investor's Business Daily (Oct. 17-31- nine part series) 161,421 (65)

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

Anniston Star
Daily Home [Talladega, Pell City, Sylacauga] (Oct. 26)
Decatur Daily (Oct. 19)
Florence Times Daily (Oct. 26)
Montgomery Advertiser (Oct. 26)
Selma Times-Journal (Nov. 2)
Tuscaloosa News (Oct. 19)

The Birmingham News (Oct. 26) 140,438 (74)
Dothan Eagle (Oct. 30)
The Gadsden Times
Mobile Press-Register (Oct. 26)
Opelika-Auburn News (Oct. 30)

ALASKA

ALASKA

Anchorage Daily News (Oct. 25)

Juneau Empire (Oct. 31)

ARIZONA
ARIZONA

*Arizona Daily Star [Tucson] (Nov. 2)   112,968 (88)

*Arizona Republic [Phoenix] (Oct. 25)   413,332 (10)
Casa Grande Dispatch
Daily Courier [Prescott] (Oct. 18)

ARKANSAS

ARKANSAS

Benton County Daily Record (Oct. 28)

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette [Little Rock] 182,212 (52)
Southwest Times-Record [Fort Smith] (Oct. 26)

CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA

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*Contra Costa Times [Bay Area News Group]   183,086 (50)
*Fresno Bee (Oct. 15)   150,334 (68)
*L.A. Daily News [Woodland Hills] (Oct. 20) 137,344 (78)
*Los Angeles Times (Oct. 19)   773,884 (4)
*La Opinión [Los Angeles] (Oct. 17)   114,892 (87)
Monterey County Herald (Oct. 10)
Pasadena Star-News (Oct. 18)
*Sacramento Bee (Oct. 12)   268,755 (25)
*San Francisco Chronicle (Oct. 17)   370,345 (12)
*San Jose Mercury News (Oct. 4)    234,772 (31)
Santa Cruz Journal (Oct. 12)
The Record [Stockton] (Sept. 28)

Hoy (Oct. 24)

. Bakersfield Californian (Oct. 19)
Chico Enterprise Record
Desert Sun [Palm Springs] (Oct. 26)
Eureka Reporter
Napa Valley Register (Oct. 12)
North County Times [Escondido]
*Press-Enterprise [Riverside] (Oct. 18)   164,189 (63)
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
*San Diego Union-Tribune (Oct. 19)   288,669 (24)
San Francisco Examiner (Sept. 24)
Vallejo Times Herald

COLORADO
COLORADO

Aspen Daily News (Oct. 20)
Daily Camera [Boulder] (Oct. 19)
Cortez Journal (Oct. 11)
*Denver Post (Oct. 17)   225,193 (36)
Durango Herald (Oct. 12)
Coloradoan [Fort Collins] (Oct. 26)
Vail Daily (Oct. 23)
. Daily Sentinel [Grand Junction] (Oct. 10)
Longmont Times-Call   (Oct. 19)
Pueblo Chieftain (Sept. 21)

CONNECTICUT

CONNECTICUT

The Day [New London]
*Hartford Courant (Oct. 26)   168,158 (61)
New Haven Register (Oct. 19)
Norwich Bulletin

Connecticut Post
Greenwich Time
Stamford Advocate
Torrington Register-Citizen
Waterbury Republican-American

DELAWARE

DELAWARE

*News Journal (Oct. 22)   110,171 (91)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

*Washington Post (Oct. 17) 673,180 (7) . Examiner (Sept. 25) same as San Francisco Examiner
Washington Times (Oct. 28)

FLORIDA
FLORIDA

*Daytona Beach News-Journal (Oct. 19)   99,627 (100)
Florida Today [Brevard County] (Oct. 26)
Gainesville Sun (Oct. 26)
Lakeland Ledger (Oct. 26)
*Miami Herald (Oct. 18)   240,223 (30)
Naples Daily News (Oct. 19)
*Orlando Sentinel (Oct. 19) 227,593 (33)
*Palm Beach Post (Oct. 19)   164,474 (62)
Pensacola News Journal (Oct. 26)
*Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Oct. 19)   114,904 (86)
*South Florida Sun-Sentinel [Fort Lauderdale] (Oct. 26)   218, 286 (39)
*St. Petersburg Times (Oct. 26)   316,007 (20)

Bradenton Herald
Cape Coral Daily Breeze
Palatka Daily News
*Tampa Tribune (Oct. 17)   220,522 (38)
Winter Haven News Chief

GEORGIA
*Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Oct. 19)   326,907 (18)
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Oct. 26)
Macon Telegraph

GEORGIA
The Albany Herald (Oct. 29)
Augusta Chronicle
Marietta Daily Journal (Oct. 28)
Savannah Morning News (Oct. 19)
Thomasville Times Enterprise

HAWAII
Honolulu Star-Bulletin

HAWAII

IDAHO

IDAHO

Idaho Statesman (Oct. 19)

Twin Falls Times-News

ILLINOIS
*Daily Herald [Arlington Heights] (Oct. 19) 143,152 (72)
Bloomington Pantagraph (Oct. 26)
*Chicago Tribune (Oct. 17)   541,663 (8)
*Chicago Sun Times (Oct. 18)   312,274 (21)
Decatur Herald & Review (Oct. 26)
Peoria Journal Star
Rockford Register Star (Oct. 18)
Southtown Star [Tinley Park] (Oct. 26)

ILLINOIS
Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette (Oct. 26)
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Kane County Chronicle    Shaw
Morris Daily Herald
Northwest Herald [Crystal Lake]   Shaw
The Southern Illinoisan [Carbondale]
Sauk Valley Telegraph and Daily Gazette

INDIANA

INDIANA

Daily Journal [Franklin]
The Herald Bulletin [Anderson]
Journal Gazette [Fort Wayne] (Oct. 19)
Lafayette Journal and Courier (Oct. 26)
Muncie Star Press (Oct. 26)
Post-Tribune [Merrillville]
Richmond Palladium-Item (Oct. 19)

The News-Sentinel [Fort Wayne] (Oct. 28)
Northwest Indiana Times [Munster] (Nov. 2)

IOWA
IOWA

*Des Moines Register (Oct. 25)   138,519 (17)
Globe Gazette [Mason City] (Oct. 19)
The Hawk Eye [Burlington] (Oct. 19)
Iowa City Press-Citizen (Oct. 29)
Ottumwa Courier (Oct. 27)
Quad-City Times [Davenport] (Oct. 26)
Storm Lake Times

The Gazette [Cedar Rapids] (Nov. 1)
Creston News Advertiser (Oct. 30) Shaw
Fort Dodge Messenger (Oct. 19)
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Newton Daily News (Oct. 22) Shaw
Sioux City Journal (Oct. 26)

KANSAS
KANSAS

The Hutchinson News

Lawrence Journal-World (Oct. 27)

KENTUCKY

KENTUCKY

*Lexington Herald-Leader (Oct. 19)   109,624 (93)
*Louisville Courier-Journal (Oct. 26)   215,328 (41)

The Advocate-Messenger [Danville]
Ashland Daily Independent
Bowling Green Daily News

LOUISIANA

LOUISIANA

*Times-Picayune (Oct. 26)   179,834 (53)
The Times [Shreveport]

Alexandria Town Talk

MAINE
MAINE

Bangor Daily News (Oct. 18)
Brunswick Times Record (Oct. 17)
Kennebec Journal [Augusta] and Morning Sentinel [Waterville] (Oct. 26)
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram (Oct. 26)

Lewiston Sun Journal (Oct. 26)

MARYLAND

MARYLAND

*Baltimore Sun (Oct. 25)   232,360 (32)
Daily Times [Salisbury]
The Star Democrat [Easton]

Cecil Whig (Oct. 27)

MASSACHUSETTS
MASSACHUSETTS

Berkshire Eagle (Oct. 26)
*Boston Globe (Oct. 14)   350,605 (14)
Cape Cod Times
Daily Hampshire Gazette [Northampton]
The Daily News of Newburyport
The Enterprise [Brockton]
Fitchburg Sentinle and Enterprise
Martha's Vineyard Times
Metrowest Daily News [Framingham]
The Salem News
Worchester Telegram and Gazette
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*Boston Herald (Sept. 30)   182,350 (51)
The Eagle-Tribune [Lawrence] (Oct. 26)
Lowell Sun (Oct. 2)
Springfield Republican (Nov. 1)

MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN

Battle Creek Enquirer (Oct. 26)
Bay City Times (Oct. 26)
*Detroit Free Press (Oct. 18)   308,944 (22)
Lansing State Journal (Oct. 26)
Livingston Daily (Oct. 26)
Muskegon Chronicle (Oct. 12)
Saginaw News (Oct. 26)

*Detroit News (Oct. 23)   188,171 (49)
The Daily Mining Gazette [Houghton] (Oct. 20) Ogden 2
Escanaba Daily Press
*Grand Rapids Press (Oct. 26) 128,930 (80)
Jackson Citizen Patriot
Macomb Daily
The Mining Journal [Marquette]
The Oakland Press [Pontiac]

MINNESOTA

MINNESOTA

Albert Lea Tribune
Rochester Post-Bulletin (Oct. 28)
*Star Tribune (Oct. 26)   322,362 (19)
St. Cloud Times (Oct. 19)
Winona Daily News (Oct. 28)

Bemidji Pioneer (Oct. 26)
Duluth News Tribune (Nov. 2)
The Journal [New Ulm] (Oct. 19)   Ogden 1
West Central Tribune [Willmar] (Oct. 21)
Worthington Daily Globe (Oct. 24)
Red Wing Republican Eagle (Oct. 23)
International Falls Daily Journal (Oct. 29)

MISSISSIPPI
MISSISSIPPI

The Commercial Dispatch [Columbus]
The Clarion-Ledger [Jackson]

Vicksburg Post (Nov. 2)

MISSOURI
MISSOURI

Columbia Daily-Tribune (Oct. 19)
Joplin Globe (Oct. 29)
*Kansas City Star (Oct. 17)   252,785 (28)
*St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Oct. 12)   255.057 (27)

Jefferson City News Tribune
St. Joseph News-Press (Oct. 26)

MONTANA

MONTANA

Billings Gazette (Oct. 26)
Montana Standard [Butte]

NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA

Grand Island Independent (Nov. 2)
Lincoln Journal Star (Oct. 26)
McCook Daily Gazette
*Omaha World-Herald   178,545 (54)

NEVADA
NEVADA

Las Vegas Sun (Oct. 19)
Reno Gazette Journal (Oct. 26)
El Mundo (Oct. 11)

*Las Vegas Review-Journal (Oct. 19)   174,341 (59)
Elko Daily Free Press (Oct. 24)

NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW HAMPSHIRE

Cabinet Press (Oct. 16)
Concord Monitor (Oct. 19)
Conway Daily Sun (Oct. 28)
Keene Sentinel (Oct. 26)
Nashua Telegraph (Oct. 19)
Portsmouth Herald (Oct. 26)
Valley News (Oct. 26)

Claremont Eagle Times (Oct. 23)
Foster's Daily Democrat (Oct. 13)
New Hampshire Union Leader (Oct. 15)

NEW JERSEY

NEW JERSEY

*Asbury Park Press [Neptune] (Oct. 19)   140,882 (73)
Courier News [Bridgewater] (Oct. 26)
Courier-Post [Cherry Hill] (Oct. 26)
Daily Journal [Vineland] (Oct. 27)
The Daily Record [Parsippany]
Home News Tribune (Oct. 26)
*The Record [Hackensack/Bergen County] (Oct. 26)   163,329 (64)
*The Star-Ledger [Newark] (Oct. 25)   345,130 (15)
Trenton Times (Oct. 26)

NEW MEXICO
NEW MEXICO

Farmington Daily Times (Oct. 26)
Las Cruces Sun-News (Oct. 18)
Santa Fe New Mexican (Oct. 4)

*Albuquerque Journal (Nov. 2)   102,902 (97)
Roswell Daily Record (Oct. 20)
Silver City Daily Press

NEW YORK
NEW YORK

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Albany Times Union (Oct. 26)
*Buffalo News (Oct. 19)   178,365 (55)
*Daily News [New York, NY] (Oct. 18)   703,137 (5)
Daily Star [Oneonta]
*Democrat & Chronicle [Rochester] (Oct. 26)   145,913 (70)
*Journal News [Rockland County] (Oct. 26)   108,092 (95)
New York Observer (Oct. 14)
*New York Times (Oct. 24)   1,077,256 (3)
*Newsday [Long Island] (Nov. 2)   379,613 (11)
The Post-Star [Glens Falls]
Poughkeepsie Journal (Oct. 26)
Syracuse Post-Standard (Oct. 26)
Watertown Daily Times (Nov. 2)
El Diario/La Prensa (Oct. 17)
. *New York Post (Sept. 8)   702,488 (6)

NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH CAROLINA

Asheville Citizen-Times (Oct. 12)
*Charlotte Observer (Oct. 24)   210,616 (44)
The Herald-Sun [Durham] (Oct. 19)
Greenville Daily Reflector (Oct. 17)
*Raleigh News & Observer (Oct. 19)   176,083 (56)
Wilmington Star-News (Oct. 18)

Hickory Daily Record
Winston-Salem Journal (Oct. 30)

NORTH DAKOTA
NORTH DAKOTA

Bismark Tribune
Fargo Forum (Oct. 19)
Grand Forks Herald
Jamestown Sun
Minot Daily News (Nov. 2)   Ogden 1

OHIO
OHIO

. *Akron Beacon Journal (Oct. 19)   119,929 (82)
Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum (Oct. 28)
The Repository [Canton] (Sept. 28)
*The Plain Dealer [Cleveland] (Oct. 18)   330,280 (17)
*Dayton Daily News (Oct. 12)   116,690 (85)
Mansfield News Journal (Oct. 26)
Toledo Blade (Oct. 12)   119,901 (83)
Springfield News-Sun (Oct. 12)
The Vindicator [Youngstown] (Oct. 26)
The Times-Reporter [Dover-New Philadelphia] (Oct. 19)
Zanesville Times Recorder and Coshocton Tribune (Nov. 2)

. *The Enquirer [Cincinnati] (Oct. 24)   212,369 (43)
Columbus Dispatch (Oct. 19)   199,524 (47)
The Courier [Findlay] (Oct. 9)
The Marion Star
The Morning Journal [Lorain] (Oct. 26)
The News-Herald [Willougby]
Steubenville Herald-Star (Oct. 26) Ogden 1; Oct. 29 Ogden 2
Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune (Oct. 30)   Ogden 1
Warren Tribune Chronicle (Oct. 26)   Ogden 1

OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA

Muskogee Phoenix

Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
Enid News & Eagle (Oct. 24)
*The Oklahoman [Oklahoma City] (Oct. 26)   201,771 (46)
Tulsa World (Nov. 2)

OREGON
OREGON

Corvallis Gazette Times
East Oregonian [Pendleton]
Mail Tribune [Medford]
The News-Register [Yamhill Valley] (approx. Oct. 18)
The Oregonian [Portland] (Oct. 19)   304,399 (23)
Salem Statesman-Journal (Oct. 19)
The Register-Guard [Eugene] (Oct. 19)

Albany Democrat-Herald
Bend Bulletin
Grants Pass Daily Courier
Ontario Argus Observer

PENNSYLVANIA
PENNSYLVANIA

Beaver County Times and Allegheny Times (Oct. 26)
Bucks County Courier Times [Levittown]
Bucks County Intelligencer
The Citizens' Voice [Wilkes-Barre]
The Courier-Express and Tri-County Sunday [Dubois] (Oct. 25) ("selection")
Delaware County Daily Times (Oct. 26)
The Express-Times [Lehigh Valley-Easton] (Oct. 12)
Erie Times-News (Oct. 26)
Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Lebanon Daily News
Patriot-News [Harrisburg] (Oct. 26)
*Philadelphia Inquirer (Oct. 18)   334,150 (16)
*Philadelphia Daily News (Oct. 24)   107,269 (96)
*Pittsburgh Post Gazette (Oct. 12)   214,374 (42)
Pocono Record (Oct. 26)
The Mercury [Pottstown] (Oct. 26)
Scranton Times-Tribune (Oct. 26)
The Daily Item [Sunbury] (Oct. 19)
The Daily Review [Towanda] (Oct. 29)
Times Leader [Wilkes-Barre] (Oct. 26)
Uniontown Herald-Standard (Oct. 26)
York Daily Record (Oct. 26)

Altoona Mirror (Nov. 2)
Chambersburg Public Opinion
Lancaster New Era (Oct. 20)
Lewistown Sentinel (Nov. 1)   Ogden 1; Oct. 15 Ogden 2
*Tribune-Review [Pittsburgh] (Nov. 2) 150,011 (67)
Tribune-Democrat [Johnstown]
Warren Times-Observer
Williamsport Sun-Gazette (Oct. 29) Ogden 1

RHODE ISLAND
RHODE ISLAND

Providence Journal (Oct. 26)   139,055 (76)

SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA

The Greenville News >
The Item [Sumter]
*The Post and Courier [Charleston] (Nov. 2)   100,400 (99)
*The State [Columbia] (Oct. 24)   101,010 (98)

SOUTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA

Mitchell Daily Republic
Rapid City Journal
Sioux Falls Argus Leader (Oct. 26)

TENNESSEE

TENNESSEE

Chattanooga Times
*The Commercial Appeal [Memphis] (Oct. 16)   146,961 (69)
*The Tennessean [Nashville] (Oct. 12)   161,131 (66)

Chattanooga Free-Press (Oct. 19)
Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle
Jackson Sun (Oct. 20)
*Knoxville News-Sentinel (Oct. 26) 117,262 (84)

TEXAS
TEXAS

. *Austin American-Statesman (Oct. 19)   170,309 (60)
The Eagle [Bryan-College Station] (Oct. 19)
*Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Oct. 25)   207,045 (45)
*Houston Chronicle (Oct. 18)   494,131 (9)
Longview News-Journal
Lufkin Daily News (Oct. 15)
San Angelo Standard-Times

Amarillo Globe-News (Oct. 12)
Beaumont Enterprise (Oct. 19)
Conroe Courier
Corpus Christi Caller Times (Oct. 19)
*Dallas Morning News (Oct. 18)   368,313 (13)
El Paso Times
Galveston County Daily News (Oct. 21)
Kerrville Daily Times (Oct. 18)
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Oct. 19)
The Herald-Zeitung [New Braunfels] (Oct. 26)
Paris News
*San Antonio Express-News (Oct. 19)   225,477 (34)
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Oct. 19)
Wichita Falls Times Record News (Oct. 19)

UTAH
UTAH

*Salt Lake Tribune (Oct. 18)   121,699 (81)

VERMONT

VERMONT

Bennington Banner
Brattlebore Reformer
Burlington Free-Press (Oct. 19)

VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA

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Staunton News Leader (Oct. 26)

Bristol Herald Courier (Oct. 19)
Culpeper Star-Exponent
Danville Register & Bee (Oct. 29)
Daily News-Record [Harrisonburg]
The Daily Progress [Charlottesville]
Lynchburg News & Advance (Oct. 26)
Newport News Daily Press (Oct. 19)
The News-Virginian [Waynesboro] (Oct. 25)
*Richmond Times-Dispatch (Oct. 26)   175,265 (57)
Winchester Star (Oct. 19)

WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON

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The Columbian [Vancouver] (Oct. 16)
Daily World [Aberdeen]
Kitsap Sun (Oct. 26) <interesting example, shows divergent views
The Olympian (Oct. 19)
*Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Oct. 6)   129,563 (79)
*Seattle Times (Sept. 21)   220,863 (37)
Tacoma News Tribune (Oct. 22)
Tri-City Herald (Oct. 19)
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (Oct. 19)
Wenatchee World
Yakima Herald-Republic (Oct. 19)

Centralia Chronicle
Spokesman-Review [Spokane] (Oct. 7)

WEST VIRGINIA
WEST VIRGINIA

. Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Charleston Gazette (Oct. 6)
Times West Virginian [Fairmont] (Oct. 26)
Herald-Dispatch [Huntington] (Oct. 18)

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Charleston Daily Mail
The Inter-Mountain [Elkins]
Martinsburg Journal (Oct. 26) Ogden 1
Parkersburg News and Sentinel (Oct. 19) Ogden 1
Weirton Daily Times (Oct. 26) Ogden 1 w/ slight modications
Wheeling Intelligencer (Oct. 16) Ogden 2
Wheeling News-Register

WISCONSIN
WISCONSIN

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The Capital Times (Oct. 22)
Chippewa Herald (Oct. 26)
Kenosha News (Oct. 26)
La Crosse Tribune (Oct. 26)
Marshfield News Herald (Oct. 31)
*Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Oct. 25) 217,755 (40)
Shawano Leader (weekend of Nov. 1-2)
Sheboygan Press (Nov. 2)
Stevens Point Journal (Oct. 24)
Wausau Daily Herald (Oct. 28)
Wisconsin State Journal (Oct. 12)

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Beloit Daily News (Oct. 29)
Daily Jefferson County Union [Fort Atkinson] (Oct. 30)
Green Bay Press-Gazette (Oct. 24)

WYOMING

WYOMING

Casper Star-Tribune (Nov. 3)

No Endorsement
Papers which do not endorse as a matter of policy or do not endorse in the presidential race as a matter of policy and papers which opted not to endorse in this election.

ALABAMA
Huntsville Times (Oct. 26)

ALASKA

ARIZONA
Tucson Citizen

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA
Marysville Appeal-Democrat
Redding Record Searchlight

COLORADO
Colorado Springs Gazette
*Rocky Mountain News    225,226 (35)

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA
Florida Times Union   144,391 (71)
The News-Press [Fort Myers]

GEORGIA

HAWAII
*Honolulu Advertiser 140,331 (75)

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA
*Indianapolis Star (Oct. 26)   255,303 (26)

IOWA

KANSAS
Topeka Capital-Journal

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA
The Daily Advertiser [Lafayette]
Houma Courier

MAINE

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor News (Oct. 26)
Kalamazoo Gazette (Nov. 2)
Port Huron Times Herald (Nov. 2)

MINNESOTA
*St. Paul Pioneer-Press (Oct. 19) 191,768 (48)

MISSISSIPPI
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal [Tupelo]

MISSOURI
Springfield News-Leader

MONTANA

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA
Rocky Mount Telegram

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO
Lima News (Oct. 24)

OKLAHOMA

OREGON
Roseburg News-Review

PENNSYLVANIA
Carlisle Sentinel
*Morning Call [Allentown] 108,979 (94)

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS
Abeline Reporter News
Brownsville Herald
Harlingen Valley Morning Star
Victoria Advocate
Waco Tribune-Herald (Oct. 19)

UTAH
Deseret News

VERMONT

VIRGINIA
The Fairfax County Times
Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star
Loudoun Times Mirror
The Roanoke Times
*The Virginian-Pilot [Norfolk] 175,005 (58)

WASHINGTON

Everett Herald

WISCONSIN
Appleton Post-Crescent (Oct. 19)
Ashland Daily Press
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
Fond du Lac Reporter
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
Oshkosh Northwestern
Superior Daily Telegram

WYOMING

???
Orange County Register 250,724 (29)

Word clouds produced by E.M. Appleman with Wordle using texts of about 65 Obama endorsements, 3 non-endorsements and 50 McCain endorsements. Click for larger.

Notes
-Gannett reported that 43 of its newspapers endorsed Obama, 12 McCain and 28 did not endorse. By comparison in 2004 33 endorsed Kerry, 28 Bush, and 22 made no endorsement.

-Several chains run endorsements across their papers:
Ogden Newspapers Inc., which publishes about 40 daily newspapers in a dozen states, endorsed McCain. Its editorial on character, in some cases rewritten a bit, appeared in many/most of its papers including:

Minnesota
New Ulm Journal

North Dakota
Minot Daily News

Ohio
Steubenville Herald Star
Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune
Warren Tribune Chronicle

Pennsylvania
Lewiston Sentinel
Williamsport Sun-Gazette

West Virginia
Parkersburg News and Sentinel,
Martinsburg Journal
Weirton Daily Times ...slightly modified

There was also a McCain endorsement editorial on the economy that ran in a number of the chain's papers including the Wheeling Intelligencer (WV), Daily Mining Gazette (MI), Steubenville Herald Star (OH) and Lewistown Sentinel (PA); several papers ran both the character and the economy endorsements.

Shaw Newspapers (Dixon, Ill.), which includes a dozen papers in Illinois and Iowa, featured an endorsement from CEO Tom Shaw.

-Weekly, alternative, specialty and college newspapers also weighed in. Some of these papers favored Obama even more than dailies. The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies found 57 papers endorsing Obama and none for McCain. Editor & Publisher reported a 66 to 2 margin among college newpapers endorsing Obama; only the papers at the University of Mississippi (Daily Mississippian) and Mesa State College in Colorado (The Criterion) endorsed McCain. Below is a smattering of examples pointed out by the Obama campaign.

ARIZONA
Tucson Weekly (Oct. 4)

COLORADO
El Semanario (Oct. 23)

FLORIDA
South Florida Jewish Journal (Obama)

MICHIGAN
Michigan Chronicle (Oct. 14) African American weekly

MINNESOTA
La Prensa de Minnesota (Oct. 23)

MISSOURI
St. Louis American (Oct. 30) African American weekly

NEVADA
El Tiempo (Oct. 24) pub. of the LV Review-Journal

NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe Reporter (Oct. 21)

PENNSYLVANIA
New Pittsburgh Courier (Oct. 30) African American weekly
Philadelphia Tribune (Oct. 28)

TEXAS
Lone Star Iconoclast [Crawford] (Oct. 5)

VIRGINIA
Falls Church News-Press (early Oct.)
C-Ville Weekly [Charlottesville]
The Virginia Gazette [Williamsburg]

WISCONSIN
UW - Badger Herald (Oct. 30)

and
McCain
VIRGINIA
The Culpeper Times
The Fauquier Times-Democrat
Rappahannock News

	Obama MAGAZINES/NATIONAL Black Enterprise (Oct. 21) The Economist (Oct. 30) Esquire (Oct. 10) The New Republic (appeared Oct. 19) The New Yorker (issue dated Oct. 13) Poder (Oct. 28) The Financial Times (Oct. 26) Indian Country Today (Oct. 27)		McCain MAGAZINES/NATIONAL *Investor's Business Daily (Oct. 17-31- nine part series) 161,421 (65)

	ALABAMA		ALABAMA
	Anniston Star Daily Home [Talladega, Pell City, Sylacauga] (Oct. 26) Decatur Daily (Oct. 19) Florence Times Daily (Oct. 26) Montgomery Advertiser (Oct. 26) Selma Times-Journal (Nov. 2) Tuscaloosa News (Oct. 19)		The Birmingham News (Oct. 26) 140,438 (74) Dothan Eagle (Oct. 30) The Gadsden Times Mobile Press-Register (Oct. 26) Opelika-Auburn News (Oct. 30)

	ALASKA		ALASKA
	Anchorage Daily News (Oct. 25)		Juneau Empire (Oct. 31)

	ARIZONA		ARIZONA
	*Arizona Daily Star [Tucson] (Nov. 2) 112,968 (88)		*Arizona Republic [Phoenix] (Oct. 25) 413,332 (10) Casa Grande Dispatch Daily Courier [Prescott] (Oct. 18)

	ARKANSAS		ARKANSAS
	Benton County Daily Record (Oct. 28)		Arkansas Democrat-Gazette [Little Rock] 182,212 (52) Southwest Times-Record [Fort Smith] (Oct. 26)

	CALIFORNIA		CALIFORNIA
. .	Contra Costa Times [Bay Area News Group] 183,086 (50) Fresno Bee (Oct. 15) 150,334 (68) L.A. Daily News [Woodland Hills] (Oct. 20) 137,344 (78) Los Angeles Times (Oct. 19) 773,884 (4) La Opinión [Los Angeles] (Oct. 17) 114,892 (87) Monterey County Herald (Oct. 10) Pasadena Star-News (Oct. 18) Sacramento Bee (Oct. 12) 268,755 (25) San Francisco Chronicle (Oct. 17) 370,345 (12) San Jose Mercury News (Oct. 4) 234,772 (31) Santa Cruz Journal (Oct. 12) The Record [Stockton] (Sept. 28) Hoy (Oct. 24)	.	Bakersfield Californian (Oct. 19) Chico Enterprise Record Desert Sun [Palm Springs] (Oct. 26) Eureka Reporter Napa Valley Register (Oct. 12) North County Times [Escondido] Press-Enterprise [Riverside] (Oct. 18) 164,189 (63) Ridgecrest Daily Independent San Diego Union-Tribune (Oct. 19) 288,669 (24) San Francisco Examiner (Sept. 24) Vallejo Times Herald

	COLORADO		COLORADO
	Aspen Daily News (Oct. 20) Daily Camera [Boulder] (Oct. 19) Cortez Journal (Oct. 11) *Denver Post (Oct. 17) 225,193 (36) Durango Herald (Oct. 12) Coloradoan [Fort Collins] (Oct. 26) Vail Daily (Oct. 23)	.	Daily Sentinel [Grand Junction] (Oct. 10) Longmont Times-Call (Oct. 19) Pueblo Chieftain (Sept. 21)

	CONNECTICUT		CONNECTICUT
	The Day [New London] *Hartford Courant (Oct. 26) 168,158 (61) New Haven Register (Oct. 19) Norwich Bulletin		Connecticut Post Greenwich Time Stamford Advocate Torrington Register-Citizen Waterbury Republican-American

	DELAWARE		DELAWARE
	*News Journal (Oct. 22) 110,171 (91)

	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA		DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
	*Washington Post (Oct. 17) 673,180 (7)	.	Examiner (Sept. 25) same as San Francisco Examiner Washington Times (Oct. 28)

	FLORIDA		FLORIDA
	Daytona Beach News-Journal (Oct. 19) 99,627 (100) Florida Today [Brevard County] (Oct. 26) Gainesville Sun (Oct. 26) Lakeland Ledger (Oct. 26) Miami Herald (Oct. 18) 240,223 (30) Naples Daily News (Oct. 19) Orlando Sentinel (Oct. 19) 227,593 (33) Palm Beach Post (Oct. 19) 164,474 (62) Pensacola News Journal (Oct. 26) Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Oct. 19) 114,904 (86) South Florida Sun-Sentinel [Fort Lauderdale] (Oct. 26) 218, 286 (39) *St. Petersburg Times (Oct. 26) 316,007 (20)		Bradenton Herald Cape Coral Daily Breeze Palatka Daily News *Tampa Tribune (Oct. 17) 220,522 (38) Winter Haven News Chief

	GEORGIA *Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Oct. 19) 326,907 (18) Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Oct. 26) Macon Telegraph		GEORGIA The Albany Herald (Oct. 29) Augusta Chronicle Marietta Daily Journal (Oct. 28) Savannah Morning News (Oct. 19) Thomasville Times Enterprise

	HAWAII Honolulu Star-Bulletin		HAWAII

	IDAHO		IDAHO
	Idaho Statesman (Oct. 19)		Twin Falls Times-News

	ILLINOIS Daily Herald [Arlington Heights] (Oct. 19) 143,152 (72) Bloomington Pantagraph (Oct. 26) Chicago Tribune (Oct. 17) 541,663 (8) *Chicago Sun Times (Oct. 18) 312,274 (21) Decatur Herald & Review (Oct. 26) Peoria Journal Star Rockford Register Star (Oct. 18) Southtown Star [Tinley Park] (Oct. 26)		ILLINOIS Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette (Oct. 26) Dekalb Daily Chronicle Kane County Chronicle Shaw Morris Daily Herald Northwest Herald [Crystal Lake] Shaw The Southern Illinoisan [Carbondale] Sauk Valley Telegraph and Daily Gazette

	INDIANA		INDIANA
	Daily Journal [Franklin] The Herald Bulletin [Anderson] Journal Gazette [Fort Wayne] (Oct. 19) Lafayette Journal and Courier (Oct. 26) Muncie Star Press (Oct. 26) Post-Tribune [Merrillville] Richmond Palladium-Item (Oct. 19)		The News-Sentinel [Fort Wayne] (Oct. 28) Northwest Indiana Times [Munster] (Nov. 2)

	IOWA		IOWA
	*Des Moines Register (Oct. 25) 138,519 (17) Globe Gazette [Mason City] (Oct. 19) The Hawk Eye [Burlington] (Oct. 19) Iowa City Press-Citizen (Oct. 29) Ottumwa Courier (Oct. 27) Quad-City Times [Davenport] (Oct. 26) Storm Lake Times		The Gazette [Cedar Rapids] (Nov. 1) Creston News Advertiser (Oct. 30) Shaw Fort Dodge Messenger (Oct. 19) Marshalltown Times-Republican Newton Daily News (Oct. 22) Shaw Sioux City Journal (Oct. 26)

	KANSAS		KANSAS
	The Hutchinson News		Lawrence Journal-World (Oct. 27)

	KENTUCKY		KENTUCKY
	Lexington Herald-Leader (Oct. 19) 109,624 (93) Louisville Courier-Journal (Oct. 26) 215,328 (41)		The Advocate-Messenger [Danville] Ashland Daily Independent Bowling Green Daily News

	LOUISIANA		LOUISIANA
	*Times-Picayune (Oct. 26) 179,834 (53) The Times [Shreveport]		Alexandria Town Talk

	MAINE		MAINE
	Bangor Daily News (Oct. 18) Brunswick Times Record (Oct. 17) Kennebec Journal [Augusta] and Morning Sentinel [Waterville] (Oct. 26) Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram (Oct. 26)		Lewiston Sun Journal (Oct. 26)

	MARYLAND		MARYLAND
	*Baltimore Sun (Oct. 25) 232,360 (32) Daily Times [Salisbury] The Star Democrat [Easton]		Cecil Whig (Oct. 27)

	MASSACHUSETTS		MASSACHUSETTS
	Berkshire Eagle (Oct. 26) *Boston Globe (Oct. 14) 350,605 (14) Cape Cod Times Daily Hampshire Gazette [Northampton] The Daily News of Newburyport The Enterprise [Brockton] Fitchburg Sentinle and Enterprise Martha's Vineyard Times Metrowest Daily News [Framingham] The Salem News Worchester Telegram and Gazette	. .	*Boston Herald (Sept. 30) 182,350 (51) The Eagle-Tribune [Lawrence] (Oct. 26) Lowell Sun (Oct. 2) Springfield Republican (Nov. 1)

	MICHIGAN		MICHIGAN
	Battle Creek Enquirer (Oct. 26) Bay City Times (Oct. 26) *Detroit Free Press (Oct. 18) 308,944 (22) Lansing State Journal (Oct. 26) Livingston Daily (Oct. 26) Muskegon Chronicle (Oct. 12) Saginaw News (Oct. 26)		Detroit News (Oct. 23) 188,171 (49) The Daily Mining Gazette [Houghton] (Oct. 20) Ogden 2 Escanaba Daily Press Grand Rapids Press (Oct. 26) 128,930 (80) Jackson Citizen Patriot Macomb Daily The Mining Journal [Marquette] The Oakland Press [Pontiac]

	MINNESOTA		MINNESOTA
	Albert Lea Tribune Rochester Post-Bulletin (Oct. 28) *Star Tribune (Oct. 26) 322,362 (19) St. Cloud Times (Oct. 19) Winona Daily News (Oct. 28)		Bemidji Pioneer (Oct. 26) Duluth News Tribune (Nov. 2) The Journal [New Ulm] (Oct. 19) Ogden 1 West Central Tribune [Willmar] (Oct. 21) Worthington Daily Globe (Oct. 24) Red Wing Republican Eagle (Oct. 23) International Falls Daily Journal (Oct. 29)

	MISSISSIPPI		MISSISSIPPI
	The Commercial Dispatch [Columbus] The Clarion-Ledger [Jackson]		Vicksburg Post (Nov. 2)

	MISSOURI		MISSOURI
	Columbia Daily-Tribune (Oct. 19) Joplin Globe (Oct. 29) Kansas City Star (Oct. 17) 252,785 (28) St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Oct. 12) 255.057 (27)		Jefferson City News Tribune St. Joseph News-Press (Oct. 26)

	MONTANA		MONTANA
	Billings Gazette (Oct. 26) Montana Standard [Butte]

	NEBRASKA		NEBRASKA
			Grand Island Independent (Nov. 2) Lincoln Journal Star (Oct. 26) McCook Daily Gazette *Omaha World-Herald 178,545 (54)

	NEVADA		NEVADA
	Las Vegas Sun (Oct. 19) Reno Gazette Journal (Oct. 26) El Mundo (Oct. 11)		*Las Vegas Review-Journal (Oct. 19) 174,341 (59) Elko Daily Free Press (Oct. 24)

	NEW HAMPSHIRE		NEW HAMPSHIRE
	Cabinet Press (Oct. 16) Concord Monitor (Oct. 19) Conway Daily Sun (Oct. 28) Keene Sentinel (Oct. 26) Nashua Telegraph (Oct. 19) Portsmouth Herald (Oct. 26) Valley News (Oct. 26)		Claremont Eagle Times (Oct. 23) Foster's Daily Democrat (Oct. 13) New Hampshire Union Leader (Oct. 15)

	NEW JERSEY		NEW JERSEY
	Asbury Park Press [Neptune] (Oct. 19) 140,882 (73) Courier News [Bridgewater] (Oct. 26) Courier-Post [Cherry Hill] (Oct. 26) Daily Journal [Vineland] (Oct. 27) The Daily Record [Parsippany] Home News Tribune (Oct. 26) The Record [Hackensack/Bergen County] (Oct. 26) 163,329 (64) *The Star-Ledger [Newark] (Oct. 25) 345,130 (15) Trenton Times (Oct. 26)

	NEW MEXICO		NEW MEXICO
	Farmington Daily Times (Oct. 26) Las Cruces Sun-News (Oct. 18) Santa Fe New Mexican (Oct. 4)		*Albuquerque Journal (Nov. 2) 102,902 (97) Roswell Daily Record (Oct. 20) Silver City Daily Press

	NEW YORK		NEW YORK
.	Albany Times Union (Oct. 26) Buffalo News (Oct. 19) 178,365 (55) Daily News [New York, NY] (Oct. 18) 703,137 (5) Daily Star [Oneonta] Democrat & Chronicle [Rochester] (Oct. 26) 145,913 (70) Journal News [Rockland County] (Oct. 26) 108,092 (95) New York Observer (Oct. 14) New York Times (Oct. 24) 1,077,256 (3) Newsday [Long Island] (Nov. 2) 379,613 (11) The Post-Star [Glens Falls] Poughkeepsie Journal (Oct. 26) Syracuse Post-Standard (Oct. 26) Watertown Daily Times (Nov. 2) El Diario/La Prensa (Oct. 17)	.	*New York Post (Sept. 8) 702,488 (6)

	NORTH CAROLINA		NORTH CAROLINA
	Asheville Citizen-Times (Oct. 12) Charlotte Observer (Oct. 24) 210,616 (44) The Herald-Sun [Durham] (Oct. 19) Greenville Daily Reflector (Oct. 17) Raleigh News & Observer (Oct. 19) 176,083 (56) Wilmington Star-News (Oct. 18)		Hickory Daily Record Winston-Salem Journal (Oct. 30)

	NORTH DAKOTA		NORTH DAKOTA
			Bismark Tribune Fargo Forum (Oct. 19) Grand Forks Herald Jamestown Sun Minot Daily News (Nov. 2) Ogden 1

	OHIO		OHIO
.	Akron Beacon Journal (Oct. 19) 119,929 (82) Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum (Oct. 28) The Repository [Canton] (Sept. 28) The Plain Dealer [Cleveland] (Oct. 18) 330,280 (17) *Dayton Daily News (Oct. 12) 116,690 (85) Mansfield News Journal (Oct. 26) Toledo Blade (Oct. 12) 119,901 (83) Springfield News-Sun (Oct. 12) The Vindicator [Youngstown] (Oct. 26) The Times-Reporter [Dover-New Philadelphia] (Oct. 19) Zanesville Times Recorder and Coshocton Tribune (Nov. 2)	.	*The Enquirer [Cincinnati] (Oct. 24) 212,369 (43) Columbus Dispatch (Oct. 19) 199,524 (47) The Courier [Findlay] (Oct. 9) The Marion Star The Morning Journal [Lorain] (Oct. 26) The News-Herald [Willougby] Steubenville Herald-Star (Oct. 26) Ogden 1; Oct. 29 Ogden 2 Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune (Oct. 30) Ogden 1 Warren Tribune Chronicle (Oct. 26) Ogden 1

	OKLAHOMA		OKLAHOMA
	Muskogee Phoenix		Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise Enid News & Eagle (Oct. 24) *The Oklahoman [Oklahoma City] (Oct. 26) 201,771 (46) Tulsa World (Nov. 2)

	OREGON		OREGON
	Corvallis Gazette Times East Oregonian [Pendleton] Mail Tribune [Medford] The News-Register [Yamhill Valley] (approx. Oct. 18) The Oregonian [Portland] (Oct. 19) 304,399 (23) Salem Statesman-Journal (Oct. 19) The Register-Guard [Eugene] (Oct. 19)		Albany Democrat-Herald Bend Bulletin Grants Pass Daily Courier Ontario Argus Observer

	PENNSYLVANIA		PENNSYLVANIA
	Beaver County Times and Allegheny Times (Oct. 26) Bucks County Courier Times [Levittown] Bucks County Intelligencer The Citizens' Voice [Wilkes-Barre] The Courier-Express and Tri-County Sunday [Dubois] (Oct. 25) ("selection") Delaware County Daily Times (Oct. 26) The Express-Times [Lehigh Valley-Easton] (Oct. 12) Erie Times-News (Oct. 26) Hazleton Standard-Speaker Lebanon Daily News Patriot-News [Harrisburg] (Oct. 26) Philadelphia Inquirer (Oct. 18) 334,150 (16) Philadelphia Daily News (Oct. 24) 107,269 (96) *Pittsburgh Post Gazette (Oct. 12) 214,374 (42) Pocono Record (Oct. 26) The Mercury [Pottstown] (Oct. 26) Scranton Times-Tribune (Oct. 26) The Daily Item [Sunbury] (Oct. 19) The Daily Review [Towanda] (Oct. 29) Times Leader [Wilkes-Barre] (Oct. 26) Uniontown Herald-Standard (Oct. 26) York Daily Record (Oct. 26)		Altoona Mirror (Nov. 2) Chambersburg Public Opinion Lancaster New Era (Oct. 20) Lewistown Sentinel (Nov. 1) Ogden 1; Oct. 15 Ogden 2 *Tribune-Review [Pittsburgh] (Nov. 2) 150,011 (67) Tribune-Democrat [Johnstown] Warren Times-Observer Williamsport Sun-Gazette (Oct. 29) Ogden 1

	RHODE ISLAND		RHODE ISLAND
	Providence Journal (Oct. 26) 139,055 (76)

	SOUTH CAROLINA		SOUTH CAROLINA
			The Greenville News > The Item [Sumter] The Post and Courier [Charleston] (Nov. 2) 100,400 (99) The State [Columbia] (Oct. 24) 101,010 (98)

	SOUTH DAKOTA		SOUTH DAKOTA
			Mitchell Daily Republic Rapid City Journal Sioux Falls Argus Leader (Oct. 26)

	TENNESSEE		TENNESSEE
	Chattanooga Times The Commercial Appeal [Memphis] (Oct. 16) 146,961 (69) The Tennessean [Nashville] (Oct. 12) 161,131 (66)		Chattanooga Free-Press (Oct. 19) Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle Jackson Sun (Oct. 20) *Knoxville News-Sentinel (Oct. 26) 117,262 (84)

	TEXAS		TEXAS
.	Austin American-Statesman (Oct. 19) 170,309 (60) The Eagle [Bryan-College Station] (Oct. 19) Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Oct. 25) 207,045 (45) *Houston Chronicle (Oct. 18) 494,131 (9) Longview News-Journal Lufkin Daily News (Oct. 15) San Angelo Standard-Times		Amarillo Globe-News (Oct. 12) Beaumont Enterprise (Oct. 19) Conroe Courier Corpus Christi Caller Times (Oct. 19) Dallas Morning News (Oct. 18) 368,313 (13) El Paso Times Galveston County Daily News (Oct. 21) Kerrville Daily Times (Oct. 18) Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Oct. 19) The Herald-Zeitung [New Braunfels] (Oct. 26) Paris News San Antonio Express-News (Oct. 19) 225,477 (34) Tyler Morning Telegraph (Oct. 19) Wichita Falls Times Record News (Oct. 19)

	UTAH		UTAH
	*Salt Lake Tribune (Oct. 18) 121,699 (81)

	VERMONT		VERMONT
	Bennington Banner Brattlebore Reformer Burlington Free-Press (Oct. 19)

	VIRGINIA		VIRGINIA
.	Staunton News Leader (Oct. 26)		Bristol Herald Courier (Oct. 19) Culpeper Star-Exponent Danville Register & Bee (Oct. 29) Daily News-Record [Harrisonburg] The Daily Progress [Charlottesville] Lynchburg News & Advance (Oct. 26) Newport News Daily Press (Oct. 19) The News-Virginian [Waynesboro] (Oct. 25) *Richmond Times-Dispatch (Oct. 26) 175,265 (57) Winchester Star (Oct. 19)

	WASHINGTON		WASHINGTON
. . .	The Columbian [Vancouver] (Oct. 16) Daily World [Aberdeen] Kitsap Sun (Oct. 26) <interesting example, shows divergent views The Olympian (Oct. 19) Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Oct. 6) 129,563 (79) Seattle Times (Sept. 21) 220,863 (37) Tacoma News Tribune (Oct. 22) Tri-City Herald (Oct. 19) Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (Oct. 19) Wenatchee World Yakima Herald-Republic (Oct. 19)		Centralia Chronicle Spokesman-Review [Spokane] (Oct. 7)

	WEST VIRGINIA		WEST VIRGINIA
.	Bluefield Daily Telegraph Charleston Gazette (Oct. 6) Times West Virginian [Fairmont] (Oct. 26) Herald-Dispatch [Huntington] (Oct. 18)	. .	Charleston Daily Mail The Inter-Mountain [Elkins] Martinsburg Journal (Oct. 26) Ogden 1 Parkersburg News and Sentinel (Oct. 19) Ogden 1 Weirton Daily Times (Oct. 26) Ogden 1 w/ slight modications Wheeling Intelligencer (Oct. 16) Ogden 2 Wheeling News-Register

	WISCONSIN		WISCONSIN
.	The Capital Times (Oct. 22) Chippewa Herald (Oct. 26) Kenosha News (Oct. 26) La Crosse Tribune (Oct. 26) Marshfield News Herald (Oct. 31) *Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Oct. 25) 217,755 (40) Shawano Leader (weekend of Nov. 1-2) Sheboygan Press (Nov. 2) Stevens Point Journal (Oct. 24) Wausau Daily Herald (Oct. 28) Wisconsin State Journal (Oct. 12)	.	Beloit Daily News (Oct. 29) Daily Jefferson County Union [Fort Atkinson] (Oct. 30) Green Bay Press-Gazette (Oct. 24)

	WYOMING		WYOMING
	Casper Star-Tribune (Nov. 3)