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E&P Newspaper Endorsements, 10/24/08: Obama 134, McCain 52


With 28 flipping from Bush to Obama (four flipped from Kerry to McCain).

From Editory & Publisher:

The Obama-Biden ticket maintains its strong lead in the race for daily newspaper endorsements, by 134 to 52, an almost 3-1 margin and an even wider spread in the circulation of those papers (see full tally below). Obama, not surprisingly, gained the major nod from The New York Times (see separate story) plus The Philadelphia Daily News.

The two candidates have basically split the past 20 endorsements after Obama took a huge early lead.

Obama’s lopsided margin, including most of the major papers that have decided so far, is in stark contrast to John Kerry barely edging George W. Bush in endorsements in 2004 by 213 to 205.

You can visit the article for the entire list. And, E&P also notes:

The Arizona Republic in McCain’s home state, a GOP-leaning paper, has not yet endorsed, which might be interesting.

I recently attended an event at which someone who has been following elections since the early 1970s said, if Obama was white, he’d be carrying at least 40 states.  Not sure how many papers that translates into, but maybe for once the papers are showing the way.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:33 pm October 24th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Endorsements, John Edwards, Media, WH2008 

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