New York Times Presidential Endorsements

New York Times Presidential Endorsements are made every four years by the most prestigious newspaper in the United States (and perhaps the world) to give its readers the name of the candidate that the paper's editors believe is best suited to fit the needs of the nation. The first endorsement was in 1860 for Abraham Lincoln and the most recent one was for Barack Obama in 2012. Its first six endorsements were for Republicans, and it was not until 1884 that it backed its first Democrat, Grover Cleveland. Since then it has endorsed the Democratic candidate 26 times, the Republican six times, the last being Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956, and a third-party candidate once, in 1896.

Endorsements by the New York Times since 1860

From the New York Times of October 27, 2012; see the site at >

Republican winner in RED Democratic winner in BLUE

Year	Endorsed	Opponent(s)	Winner
1860	Abraham Lincoln,Republican	Stephen A. Douglas, Democrat; John C. Brekinridge, Southern Democrat; John Bell, Constitutional Union Party	Lincoln.
1864	Abraham Lincoln, Republican	George B. McClellan, Democrat	Lincoln
1868	Ulysses S. Grant, Republican	Horatio Seymour, Democrat	Grant
1872	Ulysses S. Grant, Republican	Horace Greeley, Democrat	Grant
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes, Republican	Samuel Tilden, Democrat	Hayes
1880	James Garfield, Republican	Winfield S. Hancock, Democrat	Garfield
1884	Grover Cleveland, Democrat	James G. Blaine, Republican	Cleveland
1888	Grover Cleveland, Democrat	Benjamin Harrison, Republican	Harrison
1892	Grover Cleveland, Democrat	Benjamin Harrison, Republican; James Weaver, People's Party	Cleveland
1896	John M. Palmer, National Democratic Party	William Jennings Bryan, Democrat; William McKinley, Republican	McKinley
1900	William McKinley, Republican	William Jennings Bryan, Democrat	McKinley
1904	Alton B. Parker, Democrat	Theodore Roosevelt, Republican	Roosevelt
1908	William Howard Taft, Republican	William Jennings Bryan, Democrat	Taft
1912	Woodrow Wilson, Democrat	William Howard Taft, Republican; Theodore Roosevelt, Bull Moose Party	Wilson
1916	Woodrow Wilson, Democrat	Charles Evans Hughes, Republican	Wilson
1920	James M. Cox, Democrat	Warren G. Harding, Republican	Harding
1924	John W. Davis, Democrat	Calvin Coolidge, Republican; Robert M. LaFollette, Progressive Party	Coolidge
1928	Alfred E. Smith, Democrat	Herbert Hoover, Republican	Hoover
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat	Herbert Hoover, Republican	Roosevelt
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat	Alfred M. Landon, Republican	Roosevelt
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat	Wendell Willkie, Republican	Roosevelt
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat	Thomas E. Dewey, Republican	Roosevelt
1948	Harry S. Truman, Democrat	Thomas E. Dewey, Republican; Strom Thurmond, States Rights' Democratic Party (Dixiecrat); Henry A. Wallace, Progressive/American Labor Party	Truman
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican	Adlai E. Stevenson, Democrat	Eisenhower
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican	Adlai E. Stevenson, Democrat	Eisenhower
1960	John F. Kennedy, Democrat	Richard M. Nixon, Republican	Kennedy
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson, Democrat	Barry Goldwater, Republican	Johnson
1968	Hubert H. Humphrey, Democrat	Richard M. Nixon, Republican; George Wallace, American Independent Party	Nixon
1972	George S. McGovern, Democrat	Richard M. Nixon, Republican	Nixon
1976	Jimmy Carter, Democrat	Gerald R. Ford, Republican	Carter
1980	Jimmy Carter, Democrat	Ronald Reagan, Republican; John B. Anderson, independent	Reagan
1984	Walter Mondale, Democrat	Ronald Reagan, Republican	Reagan
1988	Michael Dukakis, Democrat	George H.W. Bush, Republican	Bush
1992	Bill Clinton, Democrat	George H.W. Bush, Republican; Ross Perot, independent	Clinton
1996	Bill Clinton, Democrat	Bob Dole, Republican; Ross Perot, independent	Clinton
2000	Al Gore, Democrat	George W. Bush, Republican; Ralph Nader, Green Party	Bush
2004	John Kerry, Democrat	George W. Bush, Republican	Bush