Newspapers made endorsements of candidates in the 2012 United States presidential election, as follows. The tables below also indicate which candidate each publication endorsed in the 2008 United States presidential election, where known.
Barack Obama The following 158 newspapers endorsed Barack Obama for the 2012 presidential election:
Daily newspapers Newspaper Largest reportedcirculation State 2008 endorsement The New York Times New York Barack Obama Chicago Tribune Illinois Barack Obama San Jose Mercury News California Barack Obama Detroit Free Press Michigan Barack ObamaThe Denver PostColorado Barack ObamaStar Tribune (Minneapolis) Minnesota Barack Obama Financial Times US United Kingdom Barack ObamaThe Times633,718United KingdomNo endorsement The Philadelphia Inquirer Pennsylvania Barack Obama Los Angeles Times California Barack ObamaThe Washington Post District of Columbia Barack Obama The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) Ohio Barack Obama Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg) Florida Barack ObamaThe Star-Ledger (Newark) New Jersey Barack Obama The Boston Globe Massachusetts Barack ObamaSan Antonio Express-News Texas John McCain The Seattle Times Washington Barack Obama St. Louis Post-Dispatch Missouri Barack Obama Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pennsylvania Barack Obama The Kansas City Star Missouri Barack Obama San Francisco Chronicle California Barack Obama The Sacramento Bee California Barack Obama Hartford Courant Connecticut Barack Obama The San Francisco Examiner California John McCainLas Vegas Sun This circulation figure reflects the circulation of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the newspaper within which the Las Vegas Sun is distributed. Nevada Barack Obama The Buffalo News New York Barack Obama The Courier-Journal (Louisville) Kentucky Barack Obama Honolulu Star-Advertiser Hawaii Barack Obama(Endorsement was from The Honolulu Advertiser in 2008)The Charlotte Observer North Carolina Barack Obama The Miami Herald Florida Barack Obama The News & Observer (Raleigh) North Carolina Barack ObamaThe Baltimore Sun Maryland Barack Obama The Record (Hackensack) New Jersey Barack ObamaContra Costa Times California Barack ObamaDemocrat and Chronicle (Rochester) New York Barack Obama The Fresno Bee California Barack Obama Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) Arizona Barack Obama Asbury Park Press New Jersey Barack Obama The Salt Lake Tribune Utah Barack Obama Toledo Blade Ohio Barack ObamaTimes Union (Albany) New York Barack Obama Akron Beacon Journal Ohio Barack Obama The Providence Journal Rhode Island Barack Obama The Patriot-News (Harrisburg) Pennsylvania Barack Obama Lexington Herald-Leader Kentucky Barack Obama The News Journal (Wilmington) Delaware Barack Obama The News Tribune (Tacoma) Washington Barack Obama The Republican (Springfield) Massachusetts John McCain Philadelphia Daily News Pennsylvania Barack Obama La Opinión (Los Angeles) California El Paso Times Texas John McCain Ventura County Star California Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times editorial) Tennessee Barack Obama Winston-Salem Journal North Carolina John McCainErie Times-News Pennsylvania Barack Obama Lincoln Journal Star Nebraska John McCain The Charleston Gazette West Virginia Barack Obama The Vindicator (Youngstown) Ohio Barack Obama Kalamazoo Gazette Michigan No endorsement Bangor Daily News Maine Barack Obama The Herald (Everett) Washington No endorsement Asheville Citizen-Times North Carolina Barack Obama The Free Lance–Star (Fredericksburg) Virginia The Times-Tribune (Scranton) Pennsylvania Barack Obama Post-Bulletin (Rochester) Minnesota Barack Obama Montgomery Advertiser Alabama Barack ObamaStaten Island Advance The Burlington Free Press Vermont Barack Obama La Crosse Tribune Wisconsin Barack Obama Muskegon Chronicle Michigan Barack Obama Daily Camera (Boulder) Colorado Barack ObamaMarin Independent Journal California Barack ObamaTimesDaily (Florence) Alabama Barack Obama The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield) Massachusetts Barack Obama The Monterey County Herald California Barack Obama Mansfield News Journal Ohio Barack ObamaWausau Daily Herald Wisconsin Barack Obama Las Cruces Sun-News New Mexico Barack Obama The Decatur Daily Alabama Barack Obama The Herald (Rock Hill) South Carolina Barack Obama The Santa Fe New Mexican New Mexico Barack Obama Valley News (Lebanon) New Hampshire Barack Obama The News Leader (Staunton) Virginia Barack Obama Chillicothe Gazette Del Rio News-Herald Texas Oakland Tribune California Barack Obama The Keene Sentinel New Hampshire Barack Obama The Portsmouth Herald New Hampshire Barack Obama The Durango Herald Colorado Barack Obama The Daily Astorian Oregon Barack ObamaThe Aspen Times Colorado Barack ObamaPost Independent (Glenwood Springs) Colorado The Anniston Star Alabama Barack ObamaAnnArbor.com Michigan No endorsement(as The Ann Arbor News)Haaretz (Tel Aviv) Israel The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Canada Santa Maria Times (California) California Barack ObamaThe Hawk Eye Iowa Barack ObamaStamford Advocate Connecticut Barack ObamaThe Enterprise (Brockton) Massachusetts Barack Obama
Weekly newspapers Newspaper Largest reportedcirculation State 2008 endorsementThe Phoenix Massachusetts Barack Obama The Stranger (Seattle) Washington Barack Obama Arkansas Times (Little Rock) Arkansas Barack Obama Aurora Sentinel Colorado Barack Obama The Flint Journal Michigan Barack Obama Montclair Times New Jersey Eugene Weekly Oregon Barack Obama Northwest Asian Weekly (Seattle) Washington The Austin Chronicle Texas Barack ObamaThe Capital Times (Madison; 2x weekly) online Wisconsin Barack ObamaSt. Louis American Missouri Barack ObamaFalls Church News-Press Virginia Barack ObamaWashington City Paper District of Columbia Barack ObamaTucson Weekly Arizona Barack ObamaEast Bay Express (Oakland) California La Prensa (Toledo) Ohio Jackson Free Press Mississippi Barack ObamaSacramento News & Review California Barack Obama The Vermont Standard (Woodstock) Dorchester Reporter Massachusetts Barack ObamaCity Newspaper (Rochester) New York Barack ObamaThe Medfield Press Massachusetts Barack ObamaWillamette Week (Portland) Oregon Barack ObamaThe Seward Phoenix Log AlaskaThe Malibu Times CaliforniaSanta Barbara Independent California Barack ObamaBoulder Weekly Colorado Barack ObamaColorado Springs Independent Colorado Barack ObamaSeattle Medium Washington Cincinnati CityBeat Ohio Barack ObamaThe Athens NEWS (2x-weekly) Ohio Barack Obama
Magazines Magazine Largest reportedcirculation State 2008 endorsement The New Yorker New York Barack ObamaThe Economist (North American Edition) United KingdomBarack ObamaThe Nation New York Barack Obama
College and university newspapers Newspaper Institution Largest reportedcirculation State 2008 endorsement The Michigan Daily University of Michigan Michigan Barack Obama The Harvard Crimson Harvard University Massachusetts Barack Obama Columbia Daily Spectator Columbia University New York Barack Obama Central Michigan Life Central Michigan University Michigan Barack Obama Daily Athenaeum West Virginia University West Virginia Barack Obama Daily Nebraskan University of Nebraska–Lincoln Nebraska Yale Daily News Yale University Connecticut Barack Obama The Emory Wheel Emory University Georgia The Daily Orange Syracuse University New York Barack Obama The Brown Daily Herald Brown University Rhode Island The Daily Princetonian Princeton University New Jersey The Tufts Daily Tufts University Massachusetts Barack Obama The Justice Brandeis University Massachusetts Barack Obama The Daily Californian University of California, Berkeley California Barack Obama UCSD Guardian University of California, San Diego California Daily Bruin University of California, Los Angeles California Barack Obama Daily 49er California State University, Long Beach California The Post Ohio University Ohio Barack Obama The Spartan Daily San Jose State University California Arizona Daily Wildcat University of Arizona Arizona Barack Obama The Daily Iowan University of Iowa Iowa Barack Obama The Maneater University of Missouri Missouri Barack ObamaThe Pitt News University of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Barack Obama The Criterion Colorado Mesa University Colorado John McCain The State News Michigan State University Michigan Barack Obama
Mitt Romney The following 112 newspapers endorsed Mitt Romney for the 2012 presidential election:
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