How Incumbent Presidents Fare in Newspaper Endorsements.

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    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • Subject Terms:
      OBAMA, Barack, 1961-; ROMNEY, Mitt, 1947-
    • Abstract:
      The author assesses how incumbent Presidents fare in newspaper endorsements in the U.S. He reveals that sitting presidents who run for re-election win support on average from more than 50 percent of the newspapers that issue endorsements. He shows that the incumbent wins fewer endorsements than his challenger in eight of 14 re-election campaigns in the country. For the 2012 election, Republican candidate Mitt Romney has been winning more endorsements than incumbent President Barack Obama.