Newspaper endorsements since 1980

November 7, 2016

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Data Sources / election, endorsement, newspaper

Noah Veltman put together a history of newspapers’ presidential endorsements since 1980 for about 100 publications. There’s a simple table showing Republican, Democrat, or other endorsement over the years, and you can download the data too.

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