Click on Link to Read Each Editorial - Changed Party Endorsements Indicated in Bold Italics
Last Updated on November 5 @ 22:15 GMT (Final Update)
| Scorecard | Barack Obama | SPLIT or "undecided" |
Mitt Romney | NO ENDORSEMENT |
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| Total Endorsements | 41 | 1 | 35 | 23 | |
| Total Circulation | 10,014,980 | 78,819 | 6,475,815 | 7,028,874 | |
| Endorsed Obama in 2008 | 39 | 1 | 12 | 11 | |
| Endorsed McCain in 2008 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | |
| Did not endorse in 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| SPLIT in 2008 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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| Newspaper | Circulation | Endorsee | Published | 2008 Endorsee |
| The Wall Street Journal | 2,118,315 | Generally does not endorse candidates | ||
| USA Today | 1,817,446 | Does not endorse candidates | ||
| The New York Times | 1,586,757 | Obama | October 27 | Obama |
| Los Angeles Times | 616,575 | Obama | October 21 | Obama |
| The Daily News (New York) | 579,636 | Romney | November 4 | Obama |
| San Jose Mercury News | 575,786 | Obama | October 27 | Obama |
| New York Post | 555,327 | Romney | October 25 | McCain |
| The Washington Post | 507,615 | Obama | October 25 | Obama |
| Chicago Sun-Times | 422,335 | No longer endorses (1) | Obama | |
| Chicago Tribune | 414,590 | Obama | October 26 | Obama |
| The Dallas Morning News | 405,349 | Romney | September 28 | McCain |
| The Denver Post | 401,120 | Obama | October 21 | Obama |
| Newsday (Long Island, NY) | 397,973 | Romney | November 3 | Obama |
| Houston Chronicle | 384,007 | Romney | October 21 | Obama |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | 325,291 | Obama | October 14 | Obama |
| The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) | 321,600 | Romney | October 21 | McCain |
| Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul) | 300,330 | Obama | October 27 | Obama |
| Tampa Bay Times (Formerly St. Petersburg Times) | 299,497 | Obama | October 21 | Obama |
| The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) | 286,405 | Obama | October 20 | Obama |
| The Orange County Register (CA) | 280,812 | Did not endorse (10) | none | |
| The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ) | 278,940 | Obama | October 21 | Obama |
| The Oregonian (Portland) | 247,833 | NONE | August 14 | Obama |
| The Seattle Times | 236,929 | Obama | September 28 | Obama |
| Detroit Free Press | 232,696 | Obama | October 28 | Obama |
| The San Diego Union-Tribune | 230,742 | Romney | November 3 | McCain |
| San Francisco Chronicle | 229,176 | Obama | October 26 | Obama |
| The Boston Globe | 225,482 | Obama | October 29 | Obama |
| Las Vegas Review-Journal | 220,619 | Romney | October 7 | McCain |
| Honolulu Star-Advertiser | 209,915 | Obama | November 4 | none |
| Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) | 205,171 | Does not endorse candidates (2) | ||
| Kansas City Star | 200,365 | Obama | October 27 | Obama |
| The Sacramento Bee | 196,667 | Obama | October 14 | Obama |
| Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX) | 195,455 | Romney | October 20 | Obama |
| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 188,545 | Obama | October 28 | Obama |
| Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | 188,405 | Romney | October 20 | McCain |
| St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 187,992 | Obama | October 7 | Obama |
| Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel | 185,710 | No longer endorses (3) | Obama | |
| The Baltimore Sun | 179,574 | Obama | November 2 | Obama |
| Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock) | 179,258 | Romney | October 23 | McCain |
| The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | 174,251 | No longer endorses (4) | Obama | |
| Orlando Sentinel | 173,576 | Romney | October 19 | Obama |
| Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) | 165,974 | Romney | October 26 | Obama |
| The Indianapolis Star | 164,640 | NONE | August 19 | SPLIT |
| The Miami Herald | 160,988 | Obama | October 26 | Obama |
| Investor’s Business Daily (Los Angeles) | 156,269 | Romney | November 2 | McCain |
| The Record (Hackensack, NJ) | 155,236 | Obama | November 4 | Obama |
| The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | 154,033 | Obama | November 4 | Obama |
| The Buffalo News | 147,085 | Obama | October 27 | Obama |
| Charlotte Observer | 146,511 | Obama | October 21 | Obama |
| The Tampa Tribune | 144,510 | Romney | October 21 | McCain |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | 144,165 | Romney | October 27 | McCain |
| The Virginian Pilot | 142,476 | Does not endorse candidates (5) | ||
| San Antonio Express-News | 139,099 | Obama | October 19 | McCain |
| The Columbus (OH) Dispatch | 136,023 | Romney | October 21 | McCain |
| Omaha World-Herald | 135,223 | Romney | October 8 | McCain |
| The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) | 133,557 | NONE | October 14 | Obama |
| The Detroit News | 133,508 | Romney | October 25 | McCain |
| The Hartford Courant | 132,006 | Obama | October 26 | Obama |
| The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) | 131,872 | Romney | October 28 | McCain |
| The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) | 130,177 | Romney | October 28 | McCain |
| News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) | 129,698 | Obama | October 28 | Obama |
| Austin American-Statesman | 125,305 | NONE | November 3 | Obama |
| The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | 118,978 | NONE | November 4 | Obama |
| The Tennessean (Nashville) | 118,589 | Romney | October 18 | Obama |
| Grand Rapids Press | 114,571 | Romney | October 24 | McCain |
| Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) | 114,502 | Obama | November 3 | Obama |
| The Providence (RI) Journal | 114,013 | Obama | October 28 | Obama |
| The Salt Lake Tribune | 110,546 | Obama | October 20 | Obama |
| The Palm Beach Post | 110,373 | NONE | October 29 | Obama |
| Richmond Times-Dispatch | 108,559 | Romney | October 27 | McCain |
| Boston Herald | 108,548 | Romney | October 23 | McCain |
| The Fresno Bee | 107,501 | Obama | October 31 | Obama |
| The Birmingham News | 103,729 | NONE | November 1 | McCain |
| The Des Moines Register | 101,915 | Romney | October 27 | Obama |
| The Morning Call (Allentown, PA) | 100,196 | Did not endorse (10) | none | |
| Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) | 99,670 | Romney | October 28 | Obama |
| The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL) | 98,580 | Romney | October 26 | SPLIT |
| Asbury Park Press | 98,032 | Obama | October 26 | Obama |
| Tulsa World | 97,725 | Romney | November 4 | McCain |
| Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) | 96,682 | Obama | October 21 | Obama |
| La Opinión | 95,148 | Obama | October 23 | Obama |
| The Blade (Toledo, OH) | 94,215 | Obama | October 28 | Obama |
| Daily News (Los Angeles) | 94,016 | Romney | October 26 | Obama |
| Dayton Daily News | 93,425 | Does not endorse candidates (6) | Obama | |
| Lexington (KY) Herald Leader | 89,735 | Obama | October 28 | Obama |
| The Akron Beacon Journal | 88,040 | Obama | October 20 | Obama |
| The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) | 87,817 | Romney | November 4 | McCain |
| Northwest Indiana Times | 85,692 | Romney | November 4 | McCain |
| Albuquerque Journal | 84,826 | Romney | November 4 | McCain |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT) | 83,719 | Does not endorse candidates | ||
| The News Journal (New Castle County, DE) | 83,210 | Obama | November 3 | Obama |
| Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) | 83,083 | Romney | November 4 | Obama |
| Press-Telegram (Los Angeles County, CA) | 82,556 | Romney | October 26 | Obama |
| Press-Register (Mobile, AL) | 82,088 | NONE | November 1 | McCain |
| Knoxville News Sentinel | 81,391 | No longer endorses (7) | McCain | |
| Sarasota Herald-Tribune | 79,845 | No longer endorses (8) | Obama | |
| Intelligencer Journal | Lancaster New Era | 78,819 | SPLIT (9) | November 2 | Obama |
| The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA) | 78,663 | NONE | October 21 | none |
| The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | 78,616 | "NEITHER" | November 2 | Obama |
| The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA) | 78,453 | Obama | October 24 | Obama |