The New Yorker backs Kerry:its first political endorsement in 80yr history

[Iceburg]

The New Yorker backs Kerry,in its first political endorsement of its history

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/10/25/politics1152EDT0527.DTL
The New Yorker (circulation: 958,179) has made the first political endorsement in its 80-year history, backing Sen. John Kerry in next week's presidential election. The five-page editorial in the Nov. 1 issue criticizes President Bush's tax cuts, his environmental policies, his execution of the war in Iraq and his Justice Department's record of "secrecy and arrogance."

Meanwhile, news editors throughout the land, continue to pound bushinc with more Kerry endorsements

Newspapers switched to Kerry from Bush in 2000

State..... Newspaper............ Circulation
IA Des Moines Register ( 152885 )
IA Press Citizen (Iowa City) ( 14803 )
WA Walla Walla Union Bulletin ( 14409 )
CO Daily Camera (Boulder) ( 33031 )
NY Star-Gazette (Elmira) ( 28834 )
FL Bradenton Herald ( 52163 )
IL Arlington Heights Daily Herald ( 150364 )
MO Columbia Daily Tribune ( 18411 )
NM Albuquerque (NM) Tribune ( 14373 )
OR Oregonian (Portland) ( 342040 )
CT The Day (New London) ( 41113 )
TX Crawford (TX) Lone Star Iconoclast (Weekly) ( 500 )
WA The Sun (Bremerton) ( 30370 )
MI Muskegon Chronicle ( 46769 )
FL Orlando Sentinel ( 257191 )
ME Bangor Daily News ( 63611 )
MO Columbia Daily Tribune ( 18411 )
WA Seattle Times ( 237303 )
IL Chicago Sun-Times ( 410000 )
WA The Star (Grand Coulee) ( 3577 )
WI Wausau Daily Herald ( 22840 )
TN Memphis Commercial Appeal ( 157820 )
CA Los Angeles Daily News ( 178360 )
MT Billings Gazette ( 46980 )
CT Stamford Advocate ( 38558 )
MA Worchester Telegram ( 102592 )
CA Contra Costa Times ( 182541 )
CA Ventura County Star ( 99425 )
CA Santa Cruz Sentinel ( 26063 )
IL Rockford Register-Star ( 66249 )
IA Quad City Times (Davenport) ( 51876 )
MI Flint Journal ( 84897 )
PA Allentown Morning-Call ( 111594 )
WA Tri-City Herald (Kennewick) ( 41246 )
Defections to Kerry ( 3,141,199 )

1 Million join the ABB club...

Newspapers who endorsed Bush in 2000, who refuse to endorse anyone this year

NC Winston-Salem Journal ( 85266 )
FL Tampa Tribune ( 224220 )
MI Detroit News ( 227392 )
TX Wichita Falls Times Record News ( 32005 )
PA Harrisburg Patriot-News ( 101322 )
VA Clinch Valley Times ( 2100 )
LA Times-Picayune ( 253610 )
We ain't with ya this year George .... ( 925,915 )


In contrast, Bush picks up a measly:
PA York Daily Record ( 43108 )
MA Sun (lowell) ( 48571 )
CO The Dever Post ( 361317 )
Total Bush pickup from Gore in 2000 (452996)

The Final Tally

Total Papers endorsing Bush: 82
Total Papers endorsing Kerry: 155
Total Circulation endorsing Kerry:19,888,686
Total Circulation endorsing Bush: 9,811,636
Defections from the Bush Camp to The Kerry Camp:
.... 34 newspapers either moved from the Bush camp 2000 to the Kerry camp 2004
.... 7 newspapers who supported Bush in 2000, now refuse to endorse anyone.

(as of Oct 25,2004 1:00 pm)

... UNFIT TO LEAD ...

[snowbear]

1. ~Awesome Post!~

Kudos to the New Yorker :bounce: and to Iceburg on this great post!

~~~ :toast:

[Iceburg]

2. I expect more weekly & monthly mags to join the club this week

Better start collecting the covers ....

[opihimoimoi]

3. IN the end, Bush will POUT as he storms off the stage of politics and

crawl back to his fake ranch where there are no golf courses of repute.

[Iceburg]

4. Your an optimist OP, I hope that's all he does

... he's a revengeful sob.

[rullery]

5. These newspaper endorsements could cement it for Kerry.

There are some voters who simply do not pay much attention to politics, until the last days before an election. Some of them are bright enough to read the newspaper, and may rely on endorsements. Others will hear about endorsements from friends and co-workers.

These are the "undecided" voters, about 5% at present. I suspect that they will break for Kerry about 4 to 1. So add a net of 3% to Kerry's current poll totals, and he will receive well over 300 electoral votes, winning some states that currently are leaning towards Bush. I think that we will know with certainty that Kerry has won, not later than the morning of Nov. 3.

[VOX]

7. Exactly. Many people are simply too busy to go over their sample ballots..

until the last minute. They will often look to their local news source for recommendations.

I know that, in times past, I have certainly marked my ballot in this manner.

[Iceburg]

12. Not only that ... the editors will continue to pull out the vote

for Kerry, through articles positive to Kerry, negative to bush.
The generals AND the editors are on our side.

[seraph]

6. Thank You for posting! (nt)

[yvr girl]

8. It is a pretty damning assessment of Bush

They were not overly enthusiastic about Kerry, but in the end, decided he was the only choice. They are hopeful about him. At least this makes them seem fairly non-partisan.

I think it says a lot that they choose to make an endorsement at all when they have a history of not doing so.

[AnIndependentTexan]

9. This is the mother of all endorsements

[Davis_X_Machina]

11. ...until Guns & Ammo starts endorsing. n/t

[blondeatlast]

14. Damn right it is.

It'll be interesting to see if they ever do it again.

[LVdem]

10. I could not survive w/out the New Yorker...nt

[blondeatlast]

13. Holy Mother of Pearl! This is HUGE!

I'm torn, though. It's another symptom of my beloved New Yorker cghanging her ways.

I'm an old fuddy-duddy, I know, but still.

But thank God they picked correctly!

[spooky3]

15. nominated for home pg--plus did you see Will Pitt's link to New Yorker?

Their endorsement was awesome.