Print media likes Senator Kerry over President Bush 53-36!
Posted : October 19, 2004 at 12:33 pm [America/Los_Angeles]
Sen. John Kerry has widened his lead in daily newspaper endorsements, landing five of the seven new additions to E&P’s exclusive tally. He holds a 53-36 edge over President Bush.
It also pushes the Democrat past the 9 million mark in circulation total for backing papers. Bush trails with about 5 million.
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Kerry has now gained at least nine “switches” — papers that backed Bush and now support the challenger. (See chart below.) At least three other papers that endorsed Bush in 2000 have declined to back either candidate this year. Bush has picked up one “switch” from a paper that supported Gore in 2000.
Nice. However, a few big names still haven’t decided:
Several major papers have yet to be heard from, including: The Washington Post, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Columbus Dispatch, New York Post, Boston Herald, New York Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, Saint Paul Pioneer-Press, and Denver Post, among others.
I would be particularly interested in “The Columbus Dispatch”.
- Anand
Category: United (or not) State of American Politics 2004