INTERACTIVE MAP: U.S. Newspapers pick the president

The following map is a collective representation of the endorsements made by newspapers across the country for the 2008 presidential candidates. Currently Sen. Barack Obama leads Sen. John McCain in the number of endorsements made by the nation's newspapers as indicated by the blue markers. You can read the actual endorsement from each newspaper by clicking on the corresponding marker.



The newspapers represented on this map were gathered from the 100 largest U.S. newspapers by circulation (pdf). In states with no representative on the list, the newspaper with the highest daily circulation in the state (via Audit Bureau of Circulations) was added. National newspapers like USA Today were omitted. Cities with more than one paper may overlap (i.e. The New York Times, New York Post, and Daily News) so be sure to zoom in.

More endorsements will be added as they become available. This map itself is not an endorsement of any particular candidate.


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