Consistency Years n % Overall 1896-2004 25 64.0% Republican Era 1896-1928 6 100.0% Democratic Era - electoral realignment 1932-1964 9 77.8% Democratic Era - Regime Theory 1932-1976 12 66.7% Republican Era - electoral realignment 1968-2004 10 30.0% Republican Era - Regime Theory 1980-2004 7 28.6%
Year	date of edititon	nominee endorsed
2008	October 23	Barack Obama
2004	October 17	John Kerry
2000	October 29	Albert Gore, Jr.
1996	October 27	William J. Clinton
1992	October 25	William J. Clinton
1988	October 30	Michael Dukakis
1984	October 28	Walter Mondale
1980	October 26	Jimmy Carter
1976	October 24	Jimmy Carter
1972	September 28	George McGovern
1968	October 6	Hubert H. Humphrey
1964	November 1	Lyndon B. Johnson
1960	October 27	John F. Kennedy
1956	October 16	Dwight D. Eisenhower
1952	October 23	Dwight D. Eisenhower
1948	October 3	Thomas Dewey
1944	October 16	Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940	October 24	Wendell Willkie
1936	October 1	Franklin D. Roosevelt
1932	November 6	Franklin D. Roosevelt
1928	October 18	NY Times states "Happy with Either" (Hoover or Smith)
1924	November 2	NY Times declined to endorse
1920	November 2	no specific endorsement although the Editorial is highly critical of the Republicans
1916	October 21	Woodrow Wilson
1912	November 5	Woodrow Wilson
1908	October 20	William Howard Taft
1904	August 31	Theodore Roosevelt
1900	October 11	William McKinley
1896	October 20	William McKinley

Citation: Gerhard Peters. "General Election Editorial Endorsements by the New York Times." The American Presidency Project. Ed. John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California. 1999-2008. Available from the World Wide Web: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/new_york_times_endorsements.php.

Data compiled by Gerhard Peters after reviewing original editorials of the "New York Times".