• Editor & Publisher, Monday, November 3, 2008 10:45 AM

With less than 24 hours to go before Election Day 2008, the polls are just about closed for newspaper endorsements -- and the Obama Biden ticket is running away with it in a landslide.

Not only did the Democratic team win by far the greatest number of newspaper endorsements -- 241 to McCain Palin's 114 -- it won the circulation race by a huge margin as well. The circulation of the Obama-backing papers stands at over 21 million, compared with McCain's 7 million. Obama also was endorsed by The Anchorage Daily News.

Of course, he who wins the most endorsements doesn't necessarily win the White House. Senator John Kerry in 2004 had the endorsements of a majority of newspapers, though by a much smaller margin: 213 to Bush's 205.

Read the whole story at Editor & Publisher »