The American Presidency Project

General Election Editorial Endorsements by the Los Angeles Times

1884 -- 1972 & 2008 -- 2020

 

Consistency with Election Outcome Years n %
Overall 1884-1972 & 2008 - 2020 26 53.8%
Republican Era 1896-1928 9 77.8%
Democratic Era - electoral realignment 1932-1964 9 22.2%
Democratic Era - Regime Theory 1932-1976 11 36.4%
Republican Era - electoral realignment 1968-2016 5 80.0%
Republican Era - Regime Theory 1980-2016 3 66.7%
Percentage in the right column is the percentage of elections The Los Angeles Times' endorsee won the election.
Year Edititon Endorsed Nominee's Party Election Winner
2020 September 10 Joe Biden Democratic TBD
2016 September 23 Hillary Clinton Democratic Donald Trump
2012 October 21 Barack Obama Democratic Barack Obama
2008 October 19 Barack Obama Democratic Barack Obama
2004   No endorsement   George W. Bush
2000   No endorsement   George W. Bush
1996   No endorsement   William J. Clinton
1992   No endorsement   William J. Clinton
1988   No endorsement   George Bush
1984   No endorsement   Ronald Reagan
1980   No endorsement   Ronald Reagan
1976   No endorsement   Jimmy Carter
1972 October 15 Richard Nixon Republican Richard Nixon
1968 October 13 Richard Nixon Republican Richard Nixon
1964 October 4 Barry Goldwater Republican Lyndon B. Johnson
1960 October 13 Richard Nixon Republican John F. Kennedy
1956 unknown Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower
1952 November 3 Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower
1948 unknown Thomas Dewey Republican Harry S. Truman
1944 October 8 Thomas Dewey Republican Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940 unknown Wendell Willkie Republican Franklin D. Roosevelt
1936 October 4 Alfred M. Landon Republican Franklin D. Roosevelt
1932 October 30 Herbert Hoover Republican Franklin D. Roosevelt
1928 November 3 Herbert Hoover Republican Herbert Hoover
1924 unknown Calvin Coolidge Republican Calvin Coolidge
1920 unknown Warren Harding Republican Warren Harding
1916 unknown Charles Evans Hughes Republican Woodrow Wilson
1912 unknown William Howard Taft Republican Woodrow Wilson
1908 unknown William Howard Taft Republican William Howard Taft
1904 June 24 Theodore Roosevelt Republican Theodore Roosevelt
1900 unknown William McKinley Republican William McKinley
1896 October 15 William McKinley Republican William McKinley
1892 November 7 Benjamin Harrison Republican Grover Cleveland
1888 June 26 Benjamin Harrison Republican Benjamin Harrison
1884 October 15 James Blaine Republican Grover Cleveland

Last Updated

October 6, 2020

Citations

Gerhard Peters. "General Election Editorial Endorsements by the Los Angeles Times." The American Presidency Project. Ed. John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California. 1999-2020.