General Election Editorial Endorsements by the New York Times
1896 -- 2024
Consistency with Election Outcome |
Years |
n |
% |
Overall |
1896-2020 |
29 |
65.5% |
Percentage in the right column is the percentage of elections The New York Times' endorsee won the election. |
Year |
Edititon |
Endorsed |
Nominee's Party |
Election Winner |
2024 |
October 6 |
Kamala Harris |
Democratic |
TBD |
2020 |
October 6 |
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. |
Democratic |
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. |
2016 |
September 24 |
Hillary Clinton |
Democratic |
Donald Trump |
2012 |
October 27 |
Barack Obama |
Democratic |
Barack Obama |
2008 |
October 23 |
Barack Obama |
Democratic |
Barack Obama |
2004 |
October 17 |
John Kerry |
Democratic |
George W. Bush |
2000 |
October 29 |
Albert Gore, Jr. |
Democratic |
George W. Bush |
1996 |
October 27 |
William J. Clinton |
Democratic |
William J. Clinton |
1992 |
October 25 |
William J. Clinton |
Democratic |
William J. Clinton |
1988 |
October 30 |
Michael Dukakis |
Democratic |
George Bush |
1984 |
October 28 |
Walter Mondale |
Democratic |
Ronald Reagan |
1980 |
October 26 |
Jimmy Carter |
Democratic |
Ronald Reagan |
1976 |
October 24 |
Jimmy Carter |
Democratic |
Jimmy Carter |
1972 |
September 28 |
George McGovern |
Democratic |
Richard Nixon |
1968 |
October 6 |
Hubert H. Humphrey |
Democratic |
Richard Nixon |
1964 |
November 1 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
Democratic |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
1960 |
October 27 |
John F. Kennedy |
Democratic |
John F. Kennedy |
1956 |
October 16 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Republican |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
1952 |
October 23 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Republican |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
1948 |
October 3 |
Thomas Dewey |
Republican |
Harry S. Truman |
1944 |
October 16 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Democratic |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
1940 |
October 24 |
Wendell Willkie |
Republican |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
1936 |
October 1 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Democratic |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
1932 |
November 6 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Democratic |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
1928 |
October 18 |
NY Times states "Happy with Either" (Hoover or Smith) |
Herbert Hoover |
1924 |
November 2 |
NY Times declined to endorse |
Calvin Coolidge |
1920 |
November 2 |
no specific endorsement although the Editorial is highly critical of the Republicans |
Warren Harding |
1916 |
October 21 |
Woodrow Wilson |
Democratic |
Woodrow Wilson |
1912 |
November 5 |
Woodrow Wilson |
Democratic |
Woodrow Wilson |
1908 |
October 20 |
William Howard Taft |
Republican |
William Howard Taft |
1904 |
August 31 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt |
1900 |
October 11 |
William McKinley |
Republican |
William McKinley |
1896 |
October 20 |
William McKinley |
Republican |
William McKinley |
Last Updated
October 6, 2024
Citations
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. 1999-2025.