# Newspaper endorsements in the 2004 United States presidential election

During the 2004 United States presidential election, the online edition of Editor & Publisher, a journal covering the North American newspaper industry, tabulated newspaper endorsements for the two major candidates, Republican incumbent George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry. As of November 1, 2004, their tally shows the following:
Endorsements :
| | 2004 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 |
| | | Bush | Gore | Neutral, Unknown |
| Bush | 190 | 94 | 8 | 88 |
| Kerry | 208 | 43 | 94 | 71 |
They note that 43 papers which had endorsed Bush for the 2000 election switched to endorse Kerry for 2004, whereas 8 papers which had endorsed Al Gore in 2000 switched to endorse Bush for 2004.
They also listed 18 papers, all of which endorsed Bush in 2000, that declared their neutrality for the 2004 election.
They note that the total daily circulation of the papers that have endorsed each candidate is 20,791,336 for Kerry vs. 14,455,046 for Bush.
The following is a partial list of the endorsements:
* Choose not to endorse anyone (all backed Bush in 2000):
** Cleveland Plain Dealer
** Detroit News
** Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Patriot-News
** New Orleans Times-Picayune
** Scranton, Pennsylvania Times
** Tampa, Florida Tribune
** Winston-Salem, North Carolina Journal
* For George W. Bush:
** Amarillo Globe-News
** Austin American-Statesman
** Birmingham, Alabama News
** Bluefield, West Virginia Daily Telegraph
** Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph
** Canton The Repository
** Chicago Tribune
** Carlsbad, New Mexico Current-Argus
** Carbondale, Illinois Southern Illiosian
** Cedar Rapids, Iowa Gazette
** Champaign, Illinois News-Gazette
** Clarksville, Tennessee Leaf-Chronicle
** Columbus Dispatch
** Cincinnati Enquirer
** Cincinnati Post
** Dallas Morning News
** Denver Rocky Mountain News
** Denver Post
** Evansville, Indiana Courier & Press
** Easton, Maryland Star Democrat
** Easton, Pennsylvania Express-Times
** El Paso, Texas Times
** Fargo, North Dakota Forum
** Farmington, New Mexico Daily Times
** Findlay, Ohio Courier
** Fredericksburg, Virginia The Free Lance–Star
** Freeport, Illinois Standard Journal
** Fort Worth Star-Telegram
** Fort Smith, Arkansas Southwest Times Record
** Grand Junction, Colorado Daily Sentinel
** Houston Chronicle
** Indianapolis Star
** Lakeland, Florida Ledger
** Las Vegas Review-Journal
** Las Cruces, New Mexico Sun-News
** Little Rock, Arkansas Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
** Lowell, Massachusetts The Sun
** Manchester, New Hampshire Union-Leader
** Mason City, Iowa Globe-Gazette
** Midland, Michigan Midland Daily News
** Mobile Register
** New Philadelphia, Ohio Times Reporter
** New York Daily News
** New York Sun
** New York Post
** Ocala, Florida Star-Banner
** Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoman
** Omaha, Nebraska World-Herald
** Parkersburg, West Virginia The Parkersburg News
** Parkersburg, West Virginia The Parkersburg Sentinel
** Phoenix Arizona Republic
** Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
** Pontiac, Michigan The Oakland Press
** Poughkeepsie, New York Journal
** Pueblo, Colorado The Pueblo Chieftain
** Richmond, Virginia Times-Dispatch
** Riverside, California Press-Enterprise
** Saint Joseph, Michigan Herald-Palladium
** Salt Lake Tribune
** San Antonio Express-News
** San Diego Union-Tribune
** Savannah, Georgia Morning News
** Sioux City, Iowa Journal
** Sioux Falls, South Dakota Argus Leader
** Spartanburg, South Carolina Herald-Journal
** St. Paul, Minnesota Pioneer Press
** Stockton, California Record
** Tulsa, Oklahoma World
** Vacaville, California Reporter
** Vancouver, Washington The Columbian
** York, Pennsylvania Daily Record
** Washington Times
** Everett, Washington "The Everett Herald"