Comments on: Geography of Newspaper Endorsements in the 2008 US Presidential Election

By: SmartRemarks » All roads lead to Rahm

SmartRemarks » All roads lead to Rahm — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:59:24 +0000

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By: Philip (flip) Kromer

Philip (flip) Kromer — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:29:44 +0000

I’m in Colorado campaigning for my candidate of choice and so the map may not get updated til after — but in the unlikely event I find an SSH conxn that Newsday endorse is worth an update, thanks.

By: Jim C

Jim C — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:15:46 +0000

NY’s Newsday endorses Obama on Nov 1.

By: Peter S

Peter S — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:58:54 +0000

Thanks for the update!

BTW, it looks like it’s been USA TODAY’s policy NOT to endorse political candidates (see penultimate paragraph):

http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/10/fewer-newspaper.html

So you can move them to that no-show chart.

By: mrflip

mrflip — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:55:02 +0000

Thanks for the endorsement links, all — the map is now updated, and I’ve brought in a few more years of endorsements.

The list is increasingly incomplete as you go back, but I have reasonable lists for 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.

By: matty blue

matty blue — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:47:45 +0000

the grand rapids press (michigan) endorsed mccain over the weekend…

http://www.mlive.com/grpress/opinion/index.ssf/2008/10/editorial_for_president_john_m.html

By: ahrcanum

ahrcanum — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:04:58 +0000

This is some good homework. I wonder what the map would look like if you compared it to polling. Who own the newspapers/who owns the polling companies?

By: bcd

bcd — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:53:07 +0000

i found this article interesting in explaining why my town seems to be going against its state “color”: http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=2869

i did find it odd that the Hou Chron endorsed Obama, but since i get so much of my daily news from sources other than the Hou Chron, i am outside of being aware of any changes happening inside the newspaper. maybe the Hou Chron finally has smelled the coffee and wondered why so many people such as myself ignore their product for news.

thanks for your work and the interesting graph/info. thought provoking stuff.

By: Peter S.

Peter S. — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:14:49 +0000

Sorry. Forgot to note that the Milw. Journal-Sentinel endorsed Kerry in 2004, a fact that your chart/map does not register:

http://www2.jsonline.com/news/editorials/oct04/270120.asp

(And the Minn. Star-Trib is in now for Obama)

By: Peter S.

Peter S. — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:05:39 +0000

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel endorsed Obama on October 25:

http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/33263704.html

The web version of this editorial is not clearly marked as an endorsement, although the link off thew paper’s main page contains that label.