Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential election, 2012

Table columns:
Newspaper
Largest reported circulation
State
2008 endorsement

Table rows:
cells: The New York Times[1]
1,265,839[2]
New York
Barack Obama
cells: Chicago Tribune[3]
779,440[2]
Illinois
Barack Obama
cells: San Jose Mercury News[4]
690,258[2]
California
Barack Obama
cells: Detroit Free Press[5]
668,332[2]
Michigan
Barack Obama
cells: Financial Times US[6]
337,700[2]
United Kingdom
Barack Obama
cells: The Denver Post[7]
595,363[2]
Colorado
Barack Obama
cells: Star Tribune (Minneapolis)[8]
544,186[2]
Minnesota
Barack Obama
cells: The Philadelphia Inquirer[9]
517,310[2]
Pennsylvania
Barack Obama
cells: Los Angeles Times[10]
512,744[2]
California
Barack Obama
cells: The Washington Post[11]
507,615[2]
District of Columbia
Barack Obama
cells: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)[12]
440,968[2]
Ohio
Barack Obama
cells: Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg)[13]
432,202[2]
Florida
Barack Obama
cells: The Star-Ledger[14] (Newark)
413,472[2]
New Jersey
Barack Obama
cells: The Boston Globe[15]
365,512[2]
Massachusetts
Barack Obama
cells: San Antonio Express-News[16]
353,572[2]
Texas
Barack Obama
cells: The Seattle Times[17]
346,589[2]
Washington
Barack Obama
cells: St. Louis Post-Dispatch[18]
333,529[2]
Missouri
Barack Obama
cells: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette[19]
318,962[2]
Pennsylvania
Barack Obama
cells: The Kansas City Star[20]
310,487[2]
Missouri
Barack Obama
cells: San Francisco Chronicle[21]
296,874[2]
California
Barack Obama
cells: The Sacramento Bee[22]
271,610[2]
California
Barack Obama
cells: Hartford Courant[23]
256,900[2]
Connecticut
Barack Obama
cells: The San Francisco Examiner[24]
255,527[25]
California
John McCain
cells: Las Vegas Sun[26]
252,174[2][27]
Nevada
Barack Obama
cells: The Buffalo News[28]
233,069[2]
New York
Barack Obama
cells: The Courier-Journal (Louisville)[29]
232,811[2]
Kentucky
Barack Obama
cells: Honolulu Star-Advertiser[30]
224,973[2]
Hawaii
Barack Obama (Endorsement was from The Honolulu Advertiser in 2008)
cells: The Charlotte Observer[31]
216,862[2]
North Carolina
Barack Obama
cells: The Miami Herald[32]
212,541[2]
Florida
Barack Obama
cells: The News & Observer (Raleigh)[33]
196,219[2]
North Carolina
Barack Obama
cells: The Baltimore Sun[34]
195,561[2]
Maryland
Barack Obama
cells: The Record (Hackensack)[35]
167,969[2]
New Jersey
Barack Obama
cells: Contra Costa Times[36]
175,535[37]
California
Barack Obama
cells: Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester)[38]
154,922[2]
New York
Barack Obama
cells: The Fresno Bee[39]
154,873[2]
California
Barack Obama
cells: Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)[40]
154,715[2]
Arizona
Barack Obama
cells: Asbury Park Press[41]
150,646[2]
New Jersey
Barack Obama
cells: The Salt Lake Tribune[42]
140,628[2]
Utah
Barack Obama
cells: Toledo Blade[43]
127,953[2]
Ohio
Barack Obama
cells: Times Union (Albany)[44]
125,506[2]
New York
Barack Obama
cells: Akron Beacon Journal[45]
122,598[2]
Ohio
Barack Obama
cells: The Providence Journal[46]
122,377[2]
Rhode Island
Barack Obama
cells: The Patriot-News (Harrisburg)[47]
118,655[2]
Pennsylvania
Barack Obama
cells: Lexington Herald-Leader[48]
115,737[2]
Kentucky
Barack Obama
cells: The News Journal (Wilmington)[49]
111,344[2]
Delaware
Barack Obama
cells: The News Tribune (Tacoma)[50]
105,207[2]
Washington
Barack Obama
cells: The Republican (Springfield)[51]
103,330[2]
Massachusetts
John McCain
cells: Philadelphia Daily News[52]
Pennsylvania
Barack Obama
cells: La Opinión (Los Angeles)[53]
95,148[2]
California
cells: El Paso Times[54]
91,972[2]
Texas
John McCain
cells: Ventura County Star[55]
80,494[2]
California
cells: Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times editorial)[56]
75,336[2]
Tennessee
Barack Obama
cells: Winston-Salem Journal[57]
74,066[2]
North Carolina
John McCain
cells: Erie Times-News[58]
69,659[2]
Pennsylvania
Barack Obama
cells: Lincoln Journal Star[59]
68,816[2]
Nebraska
John McCain
cells: The Charleston Gazette[60]
66,633[2]
West Virginia
Barack Obama
cells: The Vindicator (Youngstown)[61]
60,205[2]
Ohio
Barack Obama
cells: Kalamazoo Gazette[62]
56,079[2]
Michigan
No endorsement
cells: Bangor Daily News[63]
52,093[2]
Maine
Barack Obama
cells: The Herald (Everett)[64]
50,795[2]
Washington
No endorsement
cells: Asheville Citizen-Times[65]
48,653[2]
North Carolina
Barack Obama
cells: The Free Lance–Star (Fredricksburg)[66]
47,665[2]
Virginia
cells: The Times-Tribune (Scranton)[67]
47,131[2]
Pennsylvania
Barack Obama
cells: Post-Bulletin (Rochester)[68]
Minnesota
Barack Obama
cells: Montgomery Advertiser[69]
44,010[2]
Alabama
Barack Obama
cells: Staten Island Advance[70]
42,899[2]
cells: The Burlington Free Press[71]
35,299[2]
Vermont
Barack Obama
cells: La Crosse Tribune[72]
34,339[2]
Wisconsin
Barack Obama
cells: Muskegon Chronicle[73]
34,179[2]
Michigan
Barack Obama
cells: Daily Camera (Boulder)[74]
32,753[2]
Colorado
Barack Obama
cells: Marin Independent Journal[75]
32,150[76]
California
Barack Obama
cells: TimesDaily (Florence)[77]
Alabama
Barack Obama
cells: The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield)[78]
26,201[2]
Massachusetts
Barack Obama
cells: The Monterey County Herald[79]
26,000[2]
California
Barack Obama
cells: Mansfield News Journal[80]
25,893[2]
Ohio
Barack Obama
cells: Wausau Daily Herald[81]
25,060[2]
Wisconsin
Barack Obama
cells: Las Cruces Sun-News[82]
24,167[2]
New Mexico
Barack Obama
cells: The Decatur Daily[83]
Alabama
Barack Obama
cells: The Herald (Rock Hill)[84]
22,948[2]
South Carolina
Barack Obama
cells: The Santa Fe New Mexican[85]
20,781[2]
New Mexico
Barack Obama
cells: Valley News (Lebanon)[86]
New Hampshire
Barack Obama
cells: The News Leader (Staunton)[87]
16,166[2]
Virginia
Barack Obama
cells: Chillicothe Gazette[88]
10,054[2]
cells: Del Rio News-Herald[89]
Texas
cells: Oakland Tribune[90]
California
Barack Obama
cells: The Keene Sentinel[91]
9,978[2]
New Hampshire
Barack Obama
cells: The Portsmouth Herald[92]
9,807[2]
New Hampshire
Barack Obama
cells: The Durango Herald[93]
Colorado
Barack Obama
cells: The Daily Astorian[94]
8,000[95]
Oregon
Barack Obama
cells: The Aspen Times[96]
9,000[97]
Colorado
Barack Obama
cells: Post Independent (Glenwood Springs)[98]
9,000[99]
Colorado
cells: The Anniston Star[100]
18,985[2]
Alabama
Barack Obama
cells: AnnArbor.com[101]
34,923[2]
Michigan
No endorsement (as The Ann Arbor News)
cells: Haaretz (Tel Aviv)[102]
95,000[103]
Israel
cells: The Globe and Mail (Toronto)[104]
Canada
cells: Santa Maria Times (California)[105]
17,943[2]
California
Barack Obama
cells: The Hawk Eye[106]
Iowa
Barack Obama
cells: Stamford Advocate[107]
21,549[2]
Connecticut
Barack Obama
cells: The Enterprise (Brockton)[108]
27,702[2]
Massachusetts
Barack Obama

Questions about this table:
originalText: who did the washington post endorse for president 2012
answer: answerTexts: Barack Obama