2004 Media Endorsements

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In the 2004 Presidential Election, the major party candidates are Democrat Senator John Kerry and Republican President George W. Bush. It is customary for newspapers to endorse one of the candidates running for President. What follows is a list of newspapers, and their endorsements for 2004.

See also Republicans for Kerry 2004.

2000 Media Endorsements

Both the diary Operation 'Shame on You' and the site Operation 'Fool Me Once' advocates writing to those papers who endorsed Bush in 2000, and arguing how Bush has not lived up to the promise of their endorsement.

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2004 Endorsement Statistics

So far, this campaign and others have had results, editors favor Kerry. And of those editors who changed their endorsement between parties from 2000 and 2004, Kerry holds a massive 17-to-1 advantage (33 switchers for Kerry and only 2 for Bush):

  • According to E&P on Oct 23rd, "Kerry now leads Bush 122-69 in endorsements in E&P's exclusive tally, and he leads by about 14.9 million to 8.9 million in the circulation of backing papers. [...] The Democrat has now won endorsements from at least 33 papers that went for Bush in 2000, while Bush has earned only two Gore papers." Using these figures, 33 (26%) switched from Bush to Kerry (26%) and 2 (3%) switched from Gore to Bush -- that's a 9-to-1 advantage by proportion.
  • As of 10/26, our list below represents 97 endorsements for Kerry, 58 for Bush, and 6 who declined to endorse. Of the Kerry endorsements, 25 (25.8%) endorsed Bush in 2000, and 49 (50.5%) endorsed Gore in 2000. Of the Bush endorsements, 38 (65.5%) endorsed Bush in 2000, and 4 (6.9%) endorsed Gore in 2000. Of the "Declined" endorsements, 6 (100%) endorsed Bush in 2000. Using these figures, Kerry holds a 6-to-1 advantage over Bush in endorsement switchers, however that doesn't include the 6 papers that switched from Bush to nobody which E&P does not track. If you include those, then it's an 8-to-1 advantage.

John Kerry Endorsements

by state, with link, date, and circulation if available
endorsed Gore in 2000 unless stated otherwise
(U) denotes an unknown endorsement in 2000


[1] The Atlanta Journal endorsed Bush on 10/19/2000 and the Atlanta Constitution endorsed Gore on 10/20/2000.

Other Notable Kerry Endorsements

  • Financial Times, Oct 25 [1][2]
  • New Yorker, Oct 25 - "For the first time in its 80-year history, the venerable New Yorker magazine has endorsed a presidential candidate, urging readers Monday to vote for Democrat John Kerry in next week's election. (AFP)" [3]
  • The Nation, Oct 21
  • The American Conservative, Nov issue, editors split endorsements (see note [4])
  • Rolling Stone, Nov. issue
  • The New Republic, Oct. 21
  • The Economist, Oct. 28, 2004. "With a heavy heart, we think American readers should vote for John Kerry on November 2nd." (endorsed Bush in 2000)

George W. Bush Endorsements

by state, with link, date, and circulation if available
endorsed Bush in 2000 unless stated otherwise
(U) denotes an unknown endorsement in 2000

Declined to Endorse

by state, with link, date, and circulation if available

Newspaper Ownership

A 10/27 report by E&P breaks down the Kerry and Bush endorsements by ownership.

Ownership Endorsement Tally
Belo Bush 2-0
Copley Press, Inc. Bush 5-0
Lee Enterprises Bush 13-6
Media News Group, Inc. Bush 16-2
Morris Communications Corp. Bush 3-0
Hearst Corporation Even 3-3
Hollinger Even 2-2
Independents Even 30-30
Advance Kerry 7-3
Blethen (Seattle) Kerry 5-0
Cox Enterprises Kerry 7-1
Dow Jones & Co. Kerry 5-1
E. W. Scripps Kerry 6-3
Gannett Kerry 26-19
Knight Ridder Kerry 18-2
New York Times Co. Kerry 6-2
Pulitzer, Inc. Kerry 2-1
Tribune Company Kerry 5-2

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