Which Papers Are Endorsing The Candidates...?
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[Note: Kerry has the support of all but a handfull of the major Newspapers with the most credibility]
Here is Editor & Publisher's updated chart, with circulation numbers and indication of who the paper backed in 2000, Bush or Gore.
As of Noon on October 20, 2004:
FOR JOHN KERRY 55 newspapers total 9,226,709 daily circulation
ARIZONA Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) (G): 109,592
CALIFORNIA San Francisco Chronicle (G): 501,135 The Sacramento Bee (G): 303,841 San Jose Mercury News (G): 279,539 The Fresno Bee (G): 166,531 The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa) (G): 89,384 The Modesto Bee (G): 87,366 Merced Sun-Star: 17,247
COLORADO Daily Camera (Boulder) (B): 33,419
CONNECTICUT The Day (New London) (B): 39,553
FLORIDA St. Petersburg Times (G): 358,502 The Miami Herald (G): 325,032 South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale) (G): 268,927 The Palm Beach Post (G): 181,727 Daytona Beach News-Journal (G): 112,945 Florida Today (Melbourne) (G): 90,877 Bradenton Herald (B): 52,163
GEORGIA The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 418,323
HAWAII The Honolulu Advertiser (G): 145,943
ILLINOIS Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) (B): 150,794
IOWA The Hawk Eye (Burlington) (G): 19,000
KENTUCKY Lexington Herald-Leader (G): 122,748
MAINE Portland Press Herald (G): 73,211
MASSACHUSETTS The Boston Globe (G): 452,109 The Standard-Times (New Bedford): 35,299
MICHIGAN Detroit Free Press (G): 354,581 The Muskegon Chronicle (B): 46,505 Battle Creek Enquirer: 24,831 The Argus-Press (Owosso): 11,438
MINNESOTA Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (G): 377,058 Duluth News Tribune: 45,688 The Free Press (Mankato): 21,591
MISSOURI St. Louis Post-Dispatch (G): 281,198 The Kansas City Star (G): 269,188 Columbia Daily Tribune (B): 18,874
NEVADA Nevada Appeal (Carson City): 15,296
NEW MEXICO The Albuquerque Tribune (B): 13,536
NEW YORK The New York Times (G): 1,133,763
NORTH CAROLINA The Charlotte Observer (G): 231,369 The Daily Reflector (Greenville): 25,777
NORTH DAKOTA Grand Forks Herald (G): 32,385
OHIO Dayton Daily News (G): 183,175 Akron Beacon Journal (G): 139,220
OREGON The Oregonian (Portland) (B): 342,040 Mail Tribune (Medford): 35,524 The Register-Guard (Eugene) (G): 72,411 East Oregonian (Pendleton): 10,236 The Daily Astorian (Astoria): 8,429
PENNSYLVANIA The Philadelphia Inquirer (G): 387,692 The Philadelphia Daily News (G): 139,983
TENNESSEE The Jackson Sun (G): 35,561
VIRGINIA The Roanoke Times: 100,447
WASHINGTON The Seattle Times (B): 237,303 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (G): 150,901
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston Gazette (G): 49,529
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FOR GEORGE W. BUSH 42 newspapers total 5,477,272 daily circulation
ALABAMA Mobile Register (B): 100,244
ARIZONA The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) (B): 466,926
ARKANSAS Southwest Times Record (Fort Smith) (B): 37,636
CALIFORNIA The San Diego Union-Tribune (B): 361,317 The Press-Enterprise (Riverside): 191,802 The Record (Stockton) (B): 62,139 The Reporter (Vacaville) (B): 18,227
COLORADO Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (B): 286,004 The Pueblo Chieftain: 52,208
GEORGIA Savannah Morning News (B): 57,288
ILLINOIS Chicago Tribune (B): 578,843 The Pantagraph (Bloomington) (B): 47,931 The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana): 39,190
INDIANA The Indianapolis Star (B): 253,778
IOWA Globe-Gazette (Mason City): 18,947
MASSACHUSETTS Boston Herald (B): 248,988 The Sun (Lowell) (B): 50,369
MICHIGAN The Grand Rapids Press (B): 139,216 The Oakland Press (Pontiac): 65,484
NEBRASKA Omaha World-Herald (B): 197,627
NEVADA Las Vegas Review-Journal (B): 170,061
NEW HAMPSHIRE The Union Leader (Manchester) (B): 59,605
NEW MEXICO Carlsbad Current-Argus (B): 8,030 Las Cruces Sun-News (B): 22,168
NEW YORK The New York Sun: 18,000
OHIO The Repository (Canton) (B): 66,014 The Times Reporter (New Philadelphia): 23,956 The Courier (Findlay) (B): 22,319 The Advocate (Newark): 22,217
OKLAHOMA Tulsa World (B): 139,383
OREGON The News-Review (Roseburg): 19,272
PENNSYLVANIA York Daily Record (G): 46,554
TENNESSEE The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville): 22,057
TEXAS The Dallas Morning News (B): 546,177 San Antonio Express-News (B): 252,889 Fort Worth Star-Telegram (B): 247,167 El Paso Times: 74,278 Amarillo Globe-News (B): 51,105
VIRGINIA Richmond Times-Dispatch (B): 191,732 The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg) (B): 47,866
WASHINGTON The Spokesman-Review (Spokane) (B): 100,760 The Columbian (Vancouver) (B): 51,498 |