detroit free press election endorsements 2016

(8) This was the first time in the 143 year history of The Detroit News that it did not endorse a Republican for president. (7) This was the first time in the 126 year history of The Arizona Republic that it endorsed a Democrat for president. (6) USA Today broke from its tradition of not endorsing presidential candidates by publishing an editorial urging voters not to vote for Donald Trump, and instead choose from among the other candidates. That additional editorial is available here. (5) The New York Times also noted that it would publish a separate editorial explaining in more detail why Donald Trump should not be president. (4) The last time The Cincinnati Enquirer endorsed a Democrat for president was for Woodrow Wilson in 1916. (3) The last time The Dallas Morning News endorsed a Democrat for president was for Franklin Roosevelt in 1944. (2) On August 9, 2016, The Tulsa World announced that after having endorsed the Republican nominee in every election since 1940, it could not endorse any candidate in 2016 stating, 'two major party candidates who leave voters with more questions about their character, integrity and policies than anyone can answer'. (1) See footnotes on our 2012 endorsements page ( )

Woolley after reviewing original editorials of the listed newspapers. 1999-2020.ĭata compiled by Gerhard Peters and John T. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California. Woolley, '2016 General Election Editorial Endorsements by Major Newspapers.' New Haven Register (CT) Clinton | Trump (17) The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL) Investor's Business Daily (Los Angeles, CA)Īrkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR)ĭemocrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) (13) Last Updated on November 8 06:05 GMT (Final Update) Significant deviations from a paper's party or ideological history are listed in the footnotes

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Detroit free press election endorsements 2016