Heres Why Newspaper Endorsements May Matter This Year
Do newspaper endorsements matter?, Not everyone thinks so. In a 2008 study by the Pew Research Center, 69 percent of respondents said a newspaper endorsement had "no effect" on their vote. But a research paper published in the National Bureau of Economic Research that year found an exception When they were unexpected. For example, if a conservative editorial board endorsed a Democrat or a liberal editorial board endorsed a Republican. It's still early for newspaper endorsements for Republican Donald Trump, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Libertarian Gary Johnson, but already there have been a few. See the list below for some of the unexpected endorsements so far.