# Newspaper endorsements for Barack Obama in the 2008 United States presidential election

"none" is preferred when the title is already sufficiently detailed; see [[WP:SDNONE]] During the 2008 United States presidential election, newspapers, magazines, and other publications made general election endorsements. As of November 4, 2008, Barack Obama had received more than twice as many publication endorsements as John McCain; in terms of circulation, the ratio was more than three to one, according to the detailed tables below:
Summary of Endorsements (with circulation) as of November 4, 2008 :
| | Obama | Obama |
| | pubs. | circ. |
| Daily Newspapers | 296 | 30,580,459 |
| Weekly Newspapers | 111 | 3,951,905 |
| College Newspapers | 79 | 819,000 |
| Magazines and other publications | 10 | 5,226,633 |
| Total | 496 | 40,577,997 |
| Party Switches | 66 | |
According to Editor & Publisher magazine, as of November 3, 2008, there were 273 newspapers endorsing Barack Obama compared to 172 for John McCain. By comparison, the magazine reported that before election day in 2004, John Kerry received 213 endorsements compared to 205 for George W. Bush.
UWIRE, in its Presidential Scorecard, reported that Barack Obama led John McCain by 94 to 2 in college newspaper endorsements, as of November 4.
The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies reported that Barack Obama led John McCain by 57 to 0 in endorsements among its 123 member newspapers as of October 31, 2008.
For a full list of newspapers that have endorsed John McCain, see Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential election, 2008, for John McCain.
For a list of newspapers that have chosen not to endorse a candidate, see Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential election, 2008.

## Daily newspapers for Obama

| Newspaper | Largest Reported Circulation | Paid or Free | State | 2004 endorsement |
| The Seattle Times | 409,231 | Paid | Washington | Kerry |
| The Columbian (Vancouver) | 50,277 | Paid | Washington | Bush |
| The Modesto Bee | 83,576 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| San Mateo County Times | 28,788 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| Fort Wayne Journal Gazette | 111,485 | Paid | Indiana | Kerry |
| Tri Valley Herald (Pleasanton) | 30,243 | Paid | California | Bush |
| The Lufkin Daily News | 13,618 | Paid | Texas | Kerry |
| Oakland Tribune | 96,535 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| Honolulu Star-Bulletin | 63,692 | Paid | Hawaii | Kerry |
| Chattanooga Times Free Press | 95,039 | Paid | Tennessee | Kerry |
| Durango Herald | 9,250 | Paid | Colorado | Kerry |
| The Commercial Appeal (Memphis) | 188,040 | Paid | Tennessee | Kerry |
| The Standard-Times (New Bedford) | 30,549 | Paid | Massachusetts | Kerry |
| The Record (Stockton) | 62,585 | Paid | California | Bush |
| The Repository (Canton) | 78,066 | Paid | Ohio | Bush |
| San Jose Mercury News | 251,851 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| Seattle Post-Intelligencer | 129,563 | Paid | Washington | Kerry |
| The Santa Fe New Mexican | 26,114 | Paid | New Mexico | Kerry |
| The Charleston Gazette | 74,556 | Paid | West Virginia | Kerry |
| St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 414,564 | Paid | Missouri | Kerry |
| The Tennessean (Nashville) | 219,044 | Paid | Tennessee | Kerry |
| The Blade (Toledo) | 147,141 | Paid | Ohio | Kerry |
| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 331,053 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Kerry |
| Dayton Daily News | 157,833 | Paid | Ohio | Kerry |
| Wisconsin State Journal (Madison) | 138,276 | Paid | Wisconsin | Bush |
| The San Bernardino Sun | 57,752 | Paid | California | Bush |
| Asheville Citizen-Times | 55,991 | Paid | North Carolina | Kerry |
| The Fresno Bee | 171,039 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| The Sacramento Bee | 307,480 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek) | 194,203 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| The Monterey County Herald | 30,803 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| The Express-Times (Easton) | 44,561 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Bush |
| Springfield News-Sun | 31,038 | Paid | Ohio | Kerry |
| Muskegon Chronicle | 45,583 | Paid | Michigan | Kerry |
| The Boston Globe | 525,959 | Paid | Massachusetts | Kerry |
| The Washington Post | 890,163 | Paid | District of Columbia | Kerry |
| San Francisco Chronicle | 424,603 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| Los Angeles Times | 1,101,981 | Paid | California | No Endorsement |
| Chicago Tribune | 898,703 | Paid | Illinois | Bush |
| The Denver Post | 600,026 | Paid | Colorado | Bush |
| Chicago Sun-Times | 312,274 | Paid | Illinois | Kerry |
| The Salt Lake Tribune | 143,296 | Paid | Utah | Bush |
| The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | 497,149 | Paid | Georgia | Kerry |
| The Argus (Fremont) | 26,749 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| Daily Review (Hayward) | 30,704 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| La Opinión (Los Angeles) | 114,892 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| Santa Cruz Sentinel | 23,290 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| The Kansas City Star | 345,332 | Paid | Missouri | Kerry |
| El Diario La Prensa (New York) | 53,856 | Paid | New York | Kerry |
| Mail Tribune (Medford) | 30,844 | Paid | Oregon | Kerry |
| The Capital Times (Madison) | 17,479 | Paid | Wisconsin | Kerry |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | 630,665 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Kerry |
| The Miami Herald | 399,280 | Paid | Florida | Kerry |
| The Oregonian (Portland) | 361,988 | Paid | Oregon | Kerry |
| New Haven Register | 80,279 | Paid | Connecticut | Bush |
| Statesman Journal (Salem) | 53,101 | Paid | Oregon | Kerry |
| Las Cruces Sun-News | 24,735 | Paid | New Mexico | Bush |
| Bangor Daily News | 63,299 | Paid | Maine | Kerry |
| The Times Record (Brunswick) | 11,029 | Paid | Maine | Kerry |
| The Daily Reflector (Greenville) | 22,553 | Paid | North Carolina | Kerry |
| Daily News (New York) | 704,157 | Paid | New York | Bush |
| Detroit Free Press | 606,374 | Paid | Michigan | Kerry |
| Houston Chronicle | 632,797 | Paid | Texas | Bush |
| The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) | 428,090 | Paid | Ohio | No Endorsement |
| Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) | 143,152 | Paid | Illinois | Kerry |
| Naples Daily News | 74,553 | Paid | Florida | Bush |
| Star-News (Wilmington) | 53,746 | Paid | North Carolina | Kerry |
| Yakima Herald-Republic | 38,518 | Paid | Washington | Bush |
| The Herald-Dispatch (Huntington) | 32,105 | Paid | West Virginia | Kerry |
| The News & Observer (Raleigh) | 211,245 | Paid | North Carolina | Kerry |
| Austin American-Statesman | 206,505 | Paid | Texas | Bush |
| The Buffalo News | 260,445 | Paid | New York | Kerry |
| Orlando Sentinel | 332,030 | Paid | Florida | Kerry |
| The Tuscaloosa News | 34,606 | Paid | Alabama | Kerry |
| Idaho Statesman (Boise) | 81,939 | Paid | Idaho | Kerry |
| Las Vegas Sun | 199,356 | Paid | Nevada | Kerry |
| Akron Beacon Journal | 155,436 | Paid | Ohio | Kerry |
| The Daytona Beach News-Journal | 116,700 | Paid | Florida | Kerry |
| Sarasota Herald-Tribune | 125,644 | Paid | Florida | Kerry |
| Daily Breeze (Torrance) | 67,184 | Paid | California | Bush |
| The Rockford Register Star | 69,693 | Paid | Illinois | Kerry |
| The Telegraph (Nashua) | 34,500 | Paid | New Hampshire | Kerry |
| Concord Monitor | 23,930 | Paid | New Hampshire | Kerry |
| The Register-Guard (Eugene) | 72,278 | Paid | Oregon | Kerry |
| The Burlington Free Press | 47,566 | Paid | Vermont | Kerry |
| Tri-City Herald (Pasco) | 42,646 | Paid | Washington | Kerry |
| Lexington Herald-Leader | 135,250 | Paid | Kentucky | Kerry |
| Los Angeles Daily News | 145,164 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| Asbury Park Press | 184,095 | Paid | New Jersey | Bush |
| Press-Telegram (Long Beach) | 85,595 | Paid | California | Bush |
| JournalNews (Hamilton) | 21,705 | Paid | Ohio | Bush |
| New Philadelphia Times Reporter | 22,428 | Paid | Ohio | Bush |
| The Eagle (Bryan/College Station) | 24,210 | Paid | Texas | -- |
| The Herald-Sun (Durham) | 32,845 | Paid | North Carolina | No Endorsement |
| The Palm Beach Post | 195,608 | Paid | Florida | Kerry |
| Pasadena Star-News | 29,165 | Paid | California | Bush |
| San Gabriel Valley Tribune | 41,550 | Paid | California | Bush |
| Palladium-Item (Richmond) | 19,289 | Paid | Indiana | Bush |
| Mason City Globe | 21,947 | Paid | Iowa | Bush |
| Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario) | 59,027 | Paid | California | Bush |
| Marin Independent Journal | 33,910 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| Aspen Daily News | 14,600 | Free | Colorado | Kerry |
| Camera (Boulder) | 33,124 | Paid | Colorado | Kerry |
| The Hawk Eye (Burlington) | 19,973 | Paid | Iowa | Kerry |
| The St. Cloud Times | 35,654 | Paid | Minnesota | Kerry |
| Columbia Daily Tribune | 22,478 | Paid | Missouri | Kerry |
| The Middletown Journal | 18,299 | Paid | Ohio | -- |
| The Daily Astorian | 8,363 | Paid | Oregon | Kerry |
| The Daily Item (Sunbury) | 25,247 | Paid | Pennsylvania | No Endorsement |
| The Olympian (Olympia) | 38,340 | Paid | Washington | Kerry |
| Walla Walla Union-Bulletin | 15,401 | Paid | Washington | Kerry |
| San Mateo Daily Journal | 25,000 | Paid | California | -- |
| East Oregonian (Pendleton) | 9,193 | Paid | Oregon | Kerry |
| The News Journal (Wilmington) | 125,244 | Paid | Delaware | Kerry |
| The Decatur Daily | 22,961 | Paid | Alabama | -- |
| The New York Times | 1,476,400 | Paid | New York | Kerry |
| Bluefield Daily Telegraph | 17,476 | Paid | West Virginia | Bush |
| Merced Sun-Star | 19,585 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| North Adams Transcript | 6,827 | Paid | Massachusetts | -- |
| The Daily Star (Oneonta) | 14,391 | Paid | New York | Kerry |
| Longview News-Journal | 31,863 | Paid | Texas | Kerry |
| The News Tribune (Tacoma) | 125,955 | Paid | Washington | Kerry |
| Stevens Point Journal | 11,431 | Paid | Wisconsin | No Endorsement |
| St. Petersburg Times | 432,779 | Paid | Florida | Kerry |
| Philadelphia Daily News | 107,269 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Kerry |
| The Hartford Courant | 237,933 | Paid | Connecticut | Bush |
| Vail Daily | 15,000 | Free | Colorado | -- |
| Lake County News-Sun | 18,867 | Paid | Illinois | Bush |
| Maysville Ledger Independent | 9,074 | Paid | Kentucky | Bush |
| Corvallis Gazette-Times | 12,204 | Paid | Oregon | -- |
| The Charlotte Observer | 264,170 | Paid | North Carolina | Kerry |
| The Baltimore Sun | 372,970 | Paid | Maryland | Kerry |
| The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield) | 29,838 | Paid | Massachusetts | Kerry |
| York Daily Record | 79,683 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Bush |
| TimesDaily (Florence) | 29,843 | Paid | Alabama | Bush |
| Star Tribune (Minneapolis) | 534,750 | Paid | Minnesota | Kerry |
| Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 384,539 | Paid | Wisconsin | Kerry |
| Anchorage Daily News | 69,893 | Paid | Alaska | Kerry |
| The Des Moines Register | 222,122 | Paid | Iowa | Kerry |
| Fort Worth Star-Telegram | 289,974 | Paid | Texas | Bush |
| The Patriot-News (Harrisburg) | 140,217 | Paid | Pennsylvania | No Endorsement |
| Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester) | 199,533 | Paid | New York | Kerry |
| Times Union (Albany) | 141,064 | Paid | New York | Kerry |
| The Ledger (Lakeland) | 83,860 | Paid | Florida | Bush |
| Reno Gazette-Journal | 66,465 | Paid | Nevada | Kerry |
| The Times-Tribune (Scranton) | 70,900 | Paid | Pennsylvania | No endorsement |
| The Pantagraph (Bloomington-Normal) | 50,081 | Paid | Illinois | Bush |
| The Star Press (Muncie) | 32,589 | Paid | Indiana | -- |
| The Providence Journal | 192,849 | Paid | Rhode Island | Bush |
| The Star-Ledger (Newark) | 345,130 | Paid | New Jersey | Kerry |
| The Record (Bergen County) | 195,525 | Paid | New Jersey | Kerry |
| Lansing State Journal | 76,887 | Paid | Michigan | Kerry |
| The Day (New London) | 40,670 | Paid | Connecticut | Kerry |
| The Post-Standard (Syracuse) | 158,529 | Paid | New York | Bush |
| The Bay City Times | 38,715 | Paid | Michigan | Kerry |
| The Saginaw News | 48,839 | Paid | Michigan | Kerry |
| Gloucester County Times | 25,131 | Paid | New Jersey | Kerry |
| Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus) | 51,434 | Paid | Georgia | Bush |
| Billings Gazette | 50,940 | Paid | Montana | Kerry |
| La Crosse Tribune | 40,135 | Paid | Wisconsin | Kerry |
| Poughkeepsie Journal | 43,661 | Paid | New York | Bush |
| The Post-Star (Glens Falls) | 32,977 | Paid | New York | Kerry |
| Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre) | 49,917 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Kerry |
| The Courier-Journal (Louisville) | 258,778 | Paid | Kentucky | Kerry |
| The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) | 199,647 | Paid | Louisiana | No Endorsement |
| Quad-City Times (Davenport) | 67,753 | Paid | Illinois and Iowa | Kerry |
| The Times (Trenton) | 56,449 | Paid | New Jersey | Kerry |
| The Financial Times | 151,474 (U.S. only) | Paid | Nationwide | Kerry |
| Courier-Post (Camden) | 78,706 | Paid | New Jersey | Kerry |
| Home News Tribune (New Brunswick) | 54,170 | Paid | New Jersey | -- |
| The Vindicator (Youngstown) | 75,257 | Paid | Ohio | Bush |
| Erie Times-News | 75,746 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Bush |
| Montgomery Advertiser | 50,983 | Paid | Alabama | Kerry |
| The Portsmouth Herald/Seacoast Sunday | 16,507 | Paid | New Hampshire | Kerry |
| Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram | 99,116 | Paid | Maine | Kerry |
| Florida Today (Melbourne) | 93,604 | Paid | Florida | Kerry |
| Farmington Daily Times | 19,228 | Paid | New Mexico | Bush |
| Kitsap Sun (Bremerton) | 31,730 | Paid | Washington | Kerry |
| Galesburg Register Mail | 13,400 | Paid | Illinois | -- |
| Chippewa Herald | 8,000 | Paid | Wisconsin | Bush |
| Norwich Bulletin | 25,164 | Paid | Connecticut | Kerry |
| Brattleboro Reformer | 10,581 | Paid | Vermont | Kerry |
| Bennington Banner | 7,485 | Paid | Vermont | Kerry |
| Wenatchee World | 24,409 | Paid | Washington | -- |
| San Angelo Standard-Times | 28,578 | Paid | Texas | -- |
| The Keene Sentinel | 12,119 | Paid | New Hampshire | Kerry |
| The Gainesville Sun | 49,179 | Paid | Florida | Kerry |
| Pensacola News Journal | 68,962 | Paid | Florida | -- |
| Santa Rosa Press Democrat | 78,505 | Paid | California | Kerry |
| Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) | 96,553 | Paid | Massachusetts | Kerry |
| The Journal News (Westchester County) | 125,829 | Paid | New York | Kerry |
| The Times (Shreveport) | 62,753 | Paid | Louisiana | Kerry |
| Observer-Reporter (Washington) | 34,388 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Kerry |
| Fort Collins Coloradoan | 30,020 | Paid | Colorado | Kerry |
| The Telegraph (Macon) | 70,438 | Paid | Georgia | Kerry |
| South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale) | 303,399 | Paid | Florida | Kerry |
| Reporter (Vacaville) | 18,226 | Paid | California | Bush |
| Dubois Courier-Express | 17,000 | Paid | Pennsylvania | -- |
| Wausau Daily Herald | 50,226 | Paid | Wisconsin | Kerry |
| Ottumwa Courier | 14,757 | Paid | Iowa | No Endorsement |
| Benton County Daily Record | 21,000 | Paid | Arkansas | -- |
| Tahoe Daily Tribune | 18,724 | Free | California | -- |
| Lancaster Eagle Gazette | 12,964 | Paid | Ohio | -- |
| Journal & Courier (Lafayette) | 40,448 | Paid | Indiana | Kerry |
| Kenosha News | 26,502 | Paid | Wisconsin | Kerry |
| The Commercial Dispatch (Columbus) | 15,000 | Paid | Mississippi | -- |
| Battle Creek Enquirer | 26,983 | Paid | Michigan | Kerry |
| Livingston County Daily Press & Argus | 16,049 | Paid | Michigan | Kerry |
| Mansfield News Journal | 35,000 | Paid | Ohio | Bush |
| The Beaver County Times | 44,994 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Kerry |
| Delaware County Daily and Sunday Times | 42,879 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Kerry |
| The Herald-Standard (Uniontown) | 25,898 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Kerry |
| The Mercury (Pottstown) | 22,809 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Kerry |
| Pocono Record (Stroudsburg) | 23,816 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Kerry |
| Times West Virginian (Fairmont) | 11,524 | Paid | West Virginia | Kerry |
| The News Leader (Staunton) | 19,035 | Paid | Virginia | Bush |
| Kennebec Journal (Augusta) | 16,000 | Paid | Maine | Kerry |
| The Joplin Globe | 36,000 | Paid | Missouri | Bush |
| The Conway Daily Sun | 16,100 | Free | New Hampshire | No Endorsement |
| Hays Daily News | 15,000 | Paid | Kansas | -- |
| Chicago Defender | 17,000 | Paid | Illinois | Kerry |
| Cape Cod Times | 47,482 | Paid | Massachusetts | Bush |
| SouthtownStar (Chicago) | 63,105 | Paid | Illinois | Kerry |
| Talladega Daily Home | 14,000 | Paid | Alabama | -- |
| Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum | 5,838 | Paid | Ohio | -- |
| Valley News (Lebanon) | 16,330 | Paid | New Hampshire | Kerry |
| Iowa City Press-Citizen | 16,130 | Paid | Iowa | Kerry |
| Sullivan Daily Times | 4,300 | Paid | Indiana | -- |
| Albert Lea Tribune | 8,000 | Paid | Minnesota | -- |
| The Hutchinson News | 34,073 | Paid | Kansas | Kerry |
| The Salem News | 29,125 | Paid | Massachusetts | -- |
| The Daily News of Newburyport | 12,262 | Paid | Massachusetts | Bush |
| Martha's Vineyard Times | 14,990 | Paid | Massachusetts | -- |
| Freeport Journal-Standard | 12,330 | Paid | Illinois | Bush |
| Daily Democrat (Woodland) | 8,964 | Paid | California | -- |
| The Delphos Herald | 3,795 | Paid | Ohio | No Endorsement |
| The Star Democrat (Easton) | 20,500 | Paid | Maryland | Bush |
| Flint Journal | 91,017 | Paid | Michigan | Kerry |
| Traverse City Record-Eagle | 35,240 | Paid | Michigan | Kerry |
| The Daily Review (Towanda) | 9,308 | Paid | Pennsylvania | -- |
| Muskogee Phoenix | 15,844 | Paid | Oklahoma | Kerry |
| Hoy (New York) | 41,000 | Paid | New York | -- |
| Times Herald-Record (Middletown) | 81,794 | Paid | New York | -- |
| Rochester Post-Bulletin | 48,038 | Paid | Minnesota | No Endorsement |
| Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton) | 48,038 | Paid | Massachusetts | -- |
| Decatur Herald and Review | 47,436 | Paid | Illinois | Bush |
| The Marshall News Messenger | 6,870 | Paid | Texas | -- |
| Whittier Daily News | 15,123 | Paid | California | Bush |
| New Castle News | 16,465 | Paid | Pennsylvania | -- |
| The Anniston Star | 24,671 | Paid | Alabama | Kerry |
| The Jersey Journal | 23,865 | Paid | New Jersey | Kerry |
| Daily Tribune (Royal Oak) | 9,563 | Paid | Michigan | -- |
| Winona Daily News | 12,207 | Paid | Minnesota | -- |
| Marshfield News Herald | 11,725 | Paid | Wisconsin | No Endorsement |
| Ironwood Daily Globe | 7,000 | Paid | Michigan | Kerry |
| Newsday (Long Island) | 433,894 | Paid | New York | Kerry |
| Petoskey News-Review | 12,000 | Paid | Michigan | Kerry |
| Moline Dispatch | 48,000 | Paid | Illinois | -- |
| Rock Island Argus | 15,495 | Paid | Illinois | -- |
| Garden City Telegram | 8,800 | Paid | Kansas | -- |
| The Herald Bulletin (Anderson) | 22,041 | Paid | Indiana | -- |
| Aspen Times | 12,500 | Free | Colorado | -- |
| Shawano Leader | 22,500 | Paid | Wisconsin | Bush |
| The Citizens' Voice (Wilkes-Barre) | 33,977 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Kerry |
| Hazleton Standard-Speaker | 24,033 | Paid | Pennsylvania | -- |
| Indiana Gazette | 15,241 | Paid | Pennsylvania | -- |
| Lebanon Daily News | 19,345 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Bush |
| The Enterprise (Brockton) | 33,152 | Paid | Massachusetts | -- |
| Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) | 147,558 | Paid | Arizona | Kerry |
| Watertown Daily Times | 36,000 | Paid | New York | -- |
| The State Journal-Register (Springfield) | 57,329 | Paid | Illinois | Bush |
| Journal Star (Peoria) | 80,131 | Paid | Illinois | Bush |
| Greenwood Commonwealth | 7,058 | Paid | Mississippi | -- |
| The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson) | 91,810 | Paid | Mississippi | Bush |
| Metrowest Daily News (Framingham) | 26,139 | Paid | Massachusetts | Kerry |
| The News-Times (Danbury) | 29,794 | Paid | Connecticut | Bush |
| Daily Record (Parsippany) | 33,949 | Paid | New Jersey | Kerry |
| Post-Tribune (Merrillville) | 60,732 | Paid | Indiana | -- |
| The Sheboygan Press | 22,033 | Paid | Wisconsin | Kerry |
| Selma Times-Journal | 9,200 | Paid | Alabama | -- |
| Staten Island Advance | 53,200 | Paid | New York | Kerry |
| The Montana Standard (Butte) | 14,625 | Paid | Montana | -- |
| Independent Record (Helena) | 15,210 | Paid | Montana | -- |
| Star-Gazette (Elmira) | 31,716 | Paid | New York | Kerry |
| Casper Star-Tribune | 30,745 | Paid | Wyoming | Bush |
| Vineland Daily Journal | 17,910 | Paid | New Jersey | Kerry |
| Spartanburg Herald-Journal | 49,457 | Paid | South Carolina | Bush |
| The Independent (Massillon) | 11,804 | Paid | Ohio | Bush |
| The Herald (Sharon) | 19,105 | Paid | Pennsylvania | -- |
| The Intelligencer (Doylestown) | 43,977 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Kerry |
| Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg) | 17,555 | Paid | Massachusetts | Bush |
| West Plains Daily Quill | 9,239 | Paid | Missouri | Kerry |
| Courier News (Bridgewater) | 29,675 | Paid | New Jersey | Kerry |
| Niagara Gazette (Niagara Falls) | 16,331 | Paid | New York | -- |
| Lockport Union-Sun & Journal | 10,526 | Paid | New York | -- |
| The Daily World (Aberdeen) | 13,400 | Paid | Washington | -- |
| Times-Journal (Fort Payne) (4x-weekly) | 6,450 | Paid | Alabama | -- |
| Coshocton Tribune | 6,171 | Paid | Ohio | -- |
| Zanesville Times Recorder | 17,209 | Paid | Ohio | Kerry |
| Bucks County Courier Times (Levittown) | 57,692 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Kerry |
| The Intelligencer (Doylestown) | 43,977 | Paid | Pennsylvania | Kerry |
| Daily Journal (Franklin) | 17,132 | Paid | Indiana |

## Weekly newspapers for Obama

| Newspaper | Largest Reported Circulation | Paid or Free | State | 2004 endorsement |
| Cincinnati CityBeat | 46,636 | Free | Ohio | -- |
| The Austin Chronicle | 91,576 | Free | Texas | Kerry |
| The Stranger (Seattle) | 86,652 | Free | Washington | -- |
| Willamette Week (Portland) | 88,846 | Free | Oregon | -- |
| City Newspaper (Rochester) | 43,884 | Free | New York | -- |
| Windsor Beacon (Ft. Collins) | 2,823 | -- | Colorado | -- |
| Bay Guardian (San Francisco) | 118,887 | Free | California | -- |
| New York Observer | 51,000 | Free | New York | -- |
| Independent Weekly (Raleigh-Durham) | 43,577 | Free | North Carolina | Kerry |
| Milford Cabinet | 8,000 | Paid | Massachusetts | -- |
| El Mundo (Austin) | 25,000 | Free | Texas | -- |
| The Independent (Columbia) | 11,138 | Paid | New York | -- |
| The Progress (Caldwell) | 7,216 | Paid | New Jersey | -- |
| Indian Country Today | 12,780 | Free | Nationwide | -- |
| The Arkansas Times (Little Rock) | 34,000 | Free | Arkansas | Kerry |
| Santa Monica Mirror | 22,500 | Free | California | -- |
| The Pacific Northwest Inlander (Spokane) | 46,500 | Free | Washington | -- |
| La Prensa Ohio (Toledo) | 12,000 | Free | Ohio | -- |
| Newcity Chicago | 50,000 | Free | Illinois | New since 2004 |
| The Arab American News (Detroit) | 30,000 | Paid | Michigan | -- |
| Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | 60,139 | Free | North Carolina | -- |
| Tucson Weekly (Tucson) | 48,538 | Free | Arizona | -- |
| Jackson Free Press | 16,000 | Free | Mississippi | -- |
| The Villager (New York) | 20,000 | Free | New York | -- |
| Clarke County Democrat | 5,000 | Free | Alabama | -- |
| The Boston Phoenix | 157,000 | Free | Massachusetts | -- |
| Mesquite Local News | 5,500 | Free | Nevada | New since 2004 |
| The Lincoln Journal (Hamlin) | 17,000 | Paid | West Virginia | -- |
| Fort Lauderdale Westside Gazette | 50,000 | Free | Florida | -- |
| The Taos News | 10,000 | Paid | New Mexico | -- |
| Bay Windows (Boston) | 14,595 | Free | Massachusetts | -- |
| The Redding Pilot | 2,420 | Paid | Connecticut | -- |
| New York Gay City News | 47,000 | Free | New York | -- |
| The Tuskegee News | 4,200 | Paid | Alabama | -- |
| St. Louis American | 67,000 | Free | Missouri | Kerry |
| The Storm Lake Times (2x-weekly) | 3,200 | Paid | Iowa | Kerry |
| Ouray County Plaindealer | 3,000 | Paid | Colorado | Kerry |
| The Michigan Chronicle (Detroit) | 31,872 | Paid | Michigan | -- |
| The Falls Church News-Press | 30,500 | Paid | Virginia | Kerry |
| Southwest News-Herald (Chicago) | 9,300 | Paid | Illinois | Kerry |
| Yamhill Valley News-Register (McMinnville) (2x-weekly) | 10,921 | Paid | Oregon | Bush |
| Gunnison Country Times | 3,900 | Paid | Colorado | No Endorsement |
| The Cortez Journal (3x-weekly) | 7,000 | Paid | Colorado | Kerry |
| The Aurora Sentinel | 18,000 | Paid | Colorado | Kerry |
| Amesbury News | 1,800 | Paid | Massachusetts | -- |
| Downtown Express (New York) | 40,000 | Free | New York | -- |
| Idaho Mountain Express (Twin Falls) | 13,000 | Free | Idaho | -- |
| Las Vegas CityLife | 77,710 | Free | Nevada | -- |
| Carteret County News-Times | 11,231 | Paid | North Carolina | -- |
| Washington Blade | 38,000 | Free | District of Columbia | -- |
| Weekly Alibi (Albuquerque) | 45,453 | Free | New Mexico | -- |
| Athens News (2x-weekly) | 17,974 | Free | Ohio | -- |
| Baltimore City Paper | 85,475 | Free | Maryland | -- |
| Boulder Weekly | 25,000 | Free | Colorado | -- |
| Charleston City Paper | 40,000 | Free | South Carolina | -- |
| Reno News & Review | 25,038 | Free | Nevada | -- |
| Sacramento News & Review | 80,500 | Free | California | -- |
| Chico News & Review | 39,425 | Free | California | -- |
| Lansing City Pulse | 16,400 | Free | Michigan | -- |
| Colorado Springs Independent | 36,500 | Free | Colorado | -- |
| Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | 112,004 | Free | Georgia | -- |
| Eugene Weekly | 38,492 | Free | Oregon | -- |
| Flagpole Magazine (Athens) | 15,215 | Free | Georgia | -- |
| Las Vegas Weekly | 68,462 | Free | Nevada | -- |
| Long Island Press | 97,473 | Free | New York | -- |
| Los Angeles CityBeat | 109,911 | Free | California | -- |
| Memphis Flyer | 52,153 | Free | Tennessee | Kerry |
| Metro Pulse (Knoxville) | 35,000 | Free | Tennessee | -- |
| Metro Santa Cruz | 33,000 | Free | California | -- |
| Metro Silicon Valley (San Jose) | 74,538 | Free | California | -- |
| Metro Times (Detroit) | 90,050 | Free | Michigan | -- |
| Metroland (Albany) | 40,000 | Free | New York | -- |
| Monterey County Weekly | 37,876 | Free | California | -- |
| North Bay Bohemian (Santa Rosa) | 31,173 | Free | California | -- |
| Palo Alto Weekly | 43,024 | Free | California | -- |
| Pasadena Weekly | 39,662 | Free | California | -- |
| Portland Mercury | 41,854 | Free | Oregon | -- |
| Portland Phoenix | 40,000 | Free | Maine | -- |
| Providence Phoenix | 68,000 | Free | Rhode Island | -- |
| Random Lengths News (Palos Verdes) | 22,500 | Free | California | -- |
| San Diego CityBeat | 43,357 | Free | California | -- |
| Santa Barbara Independent | 40,000 | Free | California | -- |
| Santa Fe Reporter | 22,726 | Free | New Mexico | -- |
| Cleveland Scene | 63,846 | Free | Ohio | -- |
| Shepherd Express (Milwaukee) | 64,655 | Free | Wisconsin | -- |
| Source Weekly (Bend) | 14,573 | Free | Oregon | -- |
| Ventura County Reporter | 30,780 | Free | California | -- |
| Worcester Magazine | 34,000 | Free | Massachusetts | -- |
| The Timberjay Newspapers (Ely/Tower/Cook) | 4,000 | Paid | Minnesota | -- |
| Al Dia (Philadelphia) | 62,000 | Free | Pennsylvania | Kerry |
| Philadelphia Tribune (3x-weekly) | 13,206 | Paid | Pennsylvania | -- |
| Smithtown News | 11,000 | Paid | New York | -- |
| New Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh) | 20,000 | Paid | Pennsylvania | -- |
| Warwick Beacon (2x-weekly) | 8,909 | Paid | Rhode Island | -- |
| Hollis/Brookline Journal | 5,800 | Paid | Massachusetts | -- |
| Bedford Journal | 9,500 | Paid | Massachusetts | -- |
| Merrimack Journal | 10,700 | Paid | Massachusetts | -- |
| Hunterdon Review | 2,300 | Paid | New York | -- |
| The Sylva Herald and Ruralite | 7,200 | Paid | North Carolina | -- |
| Tideland News (Swansboro) | 2,554 | Paid | North Carolina | -- |
| Creative Loafing (Tampa Bay) | 62,176 | Free | Florida | -- |
| Creative Loafing (Sarasota) | 17,684 | Free | Florida | -- |
| Lynden Tribune | 7,000 | Paid | Washington | -- |
| Southgate News-Herald | 6,246 | Paid | Michigan | -- |
| Newtown Bee | 8,000 | Paid | New York | -- |
| Portland Observer | 31,000 | Free | Oregon | -- |
| Queens Tribune | 146,000 | Free | New York | -- |
| Roxbury Register | 2,400 | Paid | New Jersey | -- |
| Savannah Tribune | 15,000 | Free | Georgia | -- |
| South Florida Times | 22,000 | Free | Florida | -- |
| Weston Forum | 4,300 | Paid | Connecticut | -- |

## College and University newspapers for Obama

| Newspaper | Institution | Largest Reported Circulation | Frequency | State | 2004 endorsement |
| The Daily Nexus | Univ. of Calif. - Santa Barbara | 11,000 | Daily | California | -- |
| Columbia Daily Spectator | Columbia University | 10,000 | Daily | New York | Kerry |
| The Daily Californian | Univ. of Calif. - Berkeley | 10,000 | Daily | California | -- |
| The Daily Campus | Southern Methodist Univ. | 5,000 | Daily | Texas | -- |
| The Daily Gamecock | Univ. of South Carolina | 28,000 | Daily | South Carolina | -- |
| The Daily Northwestern | Northwestern Univ. | 7,500 | Daily | Illinois | -- |
| The Post | Ohio Univ. - Athens | 14,000 | Daily | Ohio | -- |
| The Daily Evergreen | Washington State Univ. | 12,000 | Daily | Washington | -- |
| The Harvard Crimson | Harvard University | 15,000 | Daily | Massachusetts | -- |
| Daily Eastern News | Eastern Illinois Univ. | 8,500 | Daily | Illinois | -- |
| Indiana Daily Student | Indiana Univ. | 15,000 | Daily | Indiana | -- |
| Iowa State Daily | Iowa State Univ. | 13,500 | Daily | Iowa | -- |
| Daily Kent Stater | Kent State Univ. | 12,000 | Daily | Ohio | -- |
| The Parthenon | Marshall Univ. | 6,000 | Daily | West Virginia | -- |
| The State News | Michigan State Univ. | 27,500 | Daily | Michigan | -- |
| Northern Star | Northern Illinois Univ. | 16,000 | Daily | Illinois | -- |
| Tufts Daily | Tufts Univ. | 4,050 | Daily | Massachusetts | -- |
| Arizona Daily Wildcat | Univ. of Arizona | 17,000 | Daily | Arizona | -- |
| Daily Bruin | Univ. of Calif. - Los Angeles | 10,000 | Daily | California | -- |
| Daily Illini | Univ. of Illinois - Champaign/Urbana | 18,000 | Daily | Illinois | -- |
| University Daily Kansan | Univ. of Kansas | 11,500 | Daily | Kansas | -- |
| Michigan Daily | Univ. of Michigan | 12,000 | Daily | Michigan | -- |
| Oklahoma Daily | Univ. of Oklahoma | 11,000 | Daily | Oklahoma | -- |
| Daily Pennsylvanian | Univ. of Pennsylvania | 20,300 | Daily | Pennsylvania | -- |
| Daily Athenaeum | West Virginia Univ. | 15,000 | Daily | West Virginia | -- |
| Daily Cardinal | Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison | 10,000 | Daily | Wisconsin | -- |
| Pitt News | Univ. of Pittsburgh | 14,000 | Daily | Pennsylvania | -- |
| Badger Herald | Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison | 16,000 | Daily | Wisconsin | -- |
| The Daily Toreador | Texas Tech. Univ. - Lubbock | 12,000 | Daily | Texas | -- |
| The Daily Campus | Univ. of Conn. | 10,000 | Daily | Connecticut | -- |
| BG News | Bowling Green State Univ. | 9,500 | Daily | Ohio | -- |
| Colorado Daily | Univ. of Colorado | 29,000 | Daily | Colorado | -- |
| Duke Chronicle | Duke University | 15,000 | Weekly | North Carolina | -- |
| The Pacer | Univ. of Tenn. - Martin | 2,000 | Weekly | Tennessee | -- |
| The Miami Student | Miami Univ. - Oxford | 9,000 | 2x-weekly | Ohio | -- |
| New University | Univ. of Calif - Irvine | 10,000 | Weekly | California | -- |
| The Rocket | Slippery Rock Univ. | 3,000 | Weekly | Pennsylvania | -- |
| The Michigan Journal | Univ. of Michigan - Dearborn | | Weekly | Michigan | -- |
| The Advance-Titan | Univ. of Wisconsin - Oshkosh | 11,000 | Weekly | Wisconsin | -- |
| The Maneater | Univ. of Missouri | 8,000 | Weekly | Missouri | -- |
| The Optimist | Abilene Christian Univ. | | Weekly | Texas | -- |
| The Brandeis Justice | Brandeis Univ. | | Weekly | Massachusetts | -- |
| Bowdoin Orient | Bowdoin Univ. | 2,300 | Weekly | Maine | -- |
| The Orion | Calif. State Univ. - Chico | 7,000 | Weekly | California | -- |
| Central Michigan Life | Central Michigan Univ. | 13,500 | Weekly | Michigan | -- |
| Et Cetera | Eastfield College | 2,500 | bi-weekly | Texas | -- |
| Berkeley Beacon | Emerson College | | Weekly | Massachusetts | -- |
| El Vaquero) | Glendale Comm. College | | Weekly | California | -- |
| The University News | St. Louis Univ. | 6,500 | Weekly | Missouri | -- |
| The Point News | St. Mary's College | | bi-weekly | Maryland | -- |
| The Reporter | Stetson Univ. | 2,000 | Weekly | Florida | -- |
| Pipe Dream | SUNY - Binghamton | 7,000 | 2x-weekly | New York | -- |
| The Lamron | SUNY - Geneseo | 3,000 | Weekly | New York | -- |
| The Phoenix | Swarthmore College | 2,000 | Weekly | Pennsylvania | -- |
| Central Florida Future | Univ. of Central Florida | 15,000 | 3x-weekly | Florida | -- |
| Louisville Cardinal | Univ. of Louisville | 8,000 | Weekly | Kentucky | -- |
| The Cardinal Points | SUNY - Plattsburgh | 3,000 | Weekly | New York | -- |
| The Voice | Washtenaw Comm. College | | Weekly | Michigan | -- |
| Independent Collegian | Univ. of Toledo | 10,000 | 2x-weekly | Ohio | -- |
| The Arbiter | Boise State Univ. | 6,000 | 2x-weekly | Idaho | -- |
| The Stony Brook Statesman | SUNY - Stonybrook | 12,000 | 2x-weekly | New York | -- |
| The Davidsonian | Davidson College | 3,000 | Weekly | North Carolina | -- |
| The Bates Student | Bates College | 1,900 | Weekly | Maine | -- |
| The Circle | Marist College | 2,000 | Weekly | New York | -- |
| The Middlebury Campus | Middlebury College | 2,350 | Weekly | Vermont | -- |
| The Cornell Daily Sun | Cornell Univ. | 6,000 | Daily | New York | Kerry |
| Yale Daily News | Yale Univ. | 7,500 | Daily | Connecticut | -- |
| The Flat Hat | College of William and Mary | 5,500 | Weekly | Virginia | -- |
| The Tech | Mass. Institute of Tech. | 15,000 | Weekly | Massachusetts | -- |
| The Sophian | Smith College | 3,500 | Weekly | Massachusetts | -- |
| The Amherst Student | Amherst College | 5,000 | Weekly | Massachusetts | -- |
| Daily Texan | Univ. of Texas - Austin | 28,000 | Daily | Texas | -- |
| The Mac Weekly | Macalester College | 1,600 | Weekly | Minnesota | -- |
| Minnesota Daily | Univ. of Minnesota | 27,000 | Daily | Minnesota | -- |
| Fairfield Mirror | Fairfield University | 4,000 | Weekly | Connecticut | -- |
| The California Aggie | Univ. of Calif - Davis | 13,000 | Daily | California | -- |
| Daily Iowan | Univ. of Iowa | 19,500 | Daily | Iowa | -- |
| The Independent Florida Alligator | Univ. of Florida | 35,000 | Daily | Florida | -- |
| Daily Trojan | Univ. of Southern California | 51,000 | Daily | California | -- |
| Hofstra Chronicle | Hofstra University | 4,500 | Weekly | New York | -- |
| The Collegian | Calif. State Univ. - Fresno | 5,000 | 3x-weekly | California | -- |
| Crimson White | Univ. of Alabama - Tuscaloosa | 15,000 | Daily | Alabama | -- |
| Daily Collegian | Penn State University | 20,300 | Daily | Pennsylvania | -- |
| Daily Tar Heel | Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | 20,000 | Daily | North Carolina | -- |
| Daily Trojan | Univ. of Southern Calif. | 10,000 | Daily | California | -- |
| Daily Utah Chronicle | Univ. of Utah - Salt Lake City | 14,000 | Daily | Utah | -- |
| The Miscellany News | Vassar College | | Weekly | New York | -- |
| Stanford Daily | Stanford University | 10,000 | Daily | California | -- |
| UVU Review | Utah Valley Univ. | | Weekly | Utah | -- |
| The Tartan | Gordon College | 1,300 | Weekly | Georgia | -- |

## Magazines and other publications

| Publication | Circulation | 2004 Endorsement |
| The New Yorker | 1,043,931 | -- |
| The New Republic | 65,779 | -- |
| Vibe | 876,262 | -- |
| Rolling Stone | 1,453,385 | -- |
| Esquire | 726,358 | -- |
| AsianWeek | 58,099 | -- |
| Poder Magazine | 62,214 | -- |
| Seed | 132,925 | -- |
| Nature | 60,426 | -- |
| The Economist | 747,254 (North American Edition) | Kerry |