The American Presidency Project

General Election Editorial Endorsements by the Los Angeles Times

1884 -- 1972 & 2008 -- 2024

 

Consistency with Election Outcome Years n %
Overall 1884-1972 & 2008-2020 27 55.6%
Percentage in the right column is the percentage of elections The Los Angeles Times' endorsee won the election.
Year Edititon Endorsed Nominee's Party Election Winner
2024 See footnote [1] No endorsement   Donald J. Trump
2020 September 10 Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Democratic Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
2016 September 23 Hillary Clinton Democratic Donald J. Trump
2012 October 21 Barack Obama Democratic Barack Obama
2008 October 19 Barack Obama Democratic Barack Obama
2004   No endorsement   George W. Bush
2000   No endorsement   George W. Bush
1996   No endorsement   William J. Clinton
1992   No endorsement   William J. Clinton
1988   No endorsement   George Bush
1984   No endorsement   Ronald Reagan
1980   No endorsement   Ronald Reagan
1976   No endorsement   Jimmy Carter
1972 October 15 Richard Nixon Republican Richard Nixon
1968 October 13 Richard Nixon Republican Richard Nixon
1964 October 4 Barry Goldwater Republican Lyndon B. Johnson
1960 October 13 Richard Nixon Republican John F. Kennedy
1956 unknown Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower
1952 November 3 Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower
1948 unknown Thomas Dewey Republican Harry S. Truman
1944 October 8 Thomas Dewey Republican Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940 unknown Wendell Willkie Republican Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936 October 4 Alfred M. Landon Republican Franklin D. Roosevelt
1932 October 30 Herbert Hoover Republican Franklin D. Roosevelt
1928 November 3 Herbert Hoover Republican Herbert Hoover
1924 unknown Calvin Coolidge Republican Calvin Coolidge
1920 unknown Warren Harding Republican Warren Harding
1916 unknown Charles Evans Hughes Republican Woodrow Wilson
1912 unknown William Howard Taft Republican Woodrow Wilson
1908 unknown William Howard Taft Republican William Howard Taft
1904 June 24 Theodore Roosevelt Republican Theodore Roosevelt
1900 unknown William McKinley Republican William McKinley
1896 October 15 William McKinley Republican William McKinley
1892 November 7 Benjamin Harrison Republican Grover Cleveland
1888 June 26 Benjamin Harrison Republican Benjamin Harrison
1884 October 15 James Blaine Republican Grover Cleveland
[1] On October 23, 2024, reporting in the New York Times and Columbia Journalism Review suggested that the Los Angeles Times editorial board voted to endorse Kamala Harris for president but the paper's owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, ordered that no endorsement be made.  This led to the resignation of the paper's editorials editor, Mariel Garza.  See: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/business/media/la-times-editor-quits-patrick-soon-shiong-endorsement.html  & https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/los-angeles-times-editorials-editor-resigns-after-owner-blocks-presidential-endorsement.php.  Soon-Shiong's response to these reports was posted on via social media on 'X': https://x.com/DrPatSoonShiong/status/1849217132183060705

Last Updated

November 6, 2024

Citations

Gerhard Peters. "General Election Editorial Endorsements by the Los Angeles Times." The American Presidency Project. Ed. John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California. 1999-2025.