UWIRE's Presidential Endorsement Scorecard

UWIRE's Presidential Endorsement Scorecard tracks student newspapers' editorial board endorsements for the 2008 presidential race.

Last Updated: 10/29
Total editorial boards endorsing so far: 43, according to UWIRE's count.
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Barack Obama (D)      Endorsements so far:  42   Primary endorsements: 50  Selected passages from recent endorsements "Today we’re told that Barack Obama is too young, too inexperienced, too idealistic and too naïve to be president. Some of this rings true — Obama is young and his record is hardly distinguished. Nevertheless, he is exactly what this nation needs today, the very thing it needed in 1932, when Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected — a leader." The Michigan Daily, U. Michigan Read the full endorsement.   "We don’t necessarily think a President Obama would make us feel safer — but we also don’t think we were particularly unsafe to begin with. We recognize that the wars we are involved with, our increasingly negative world image and hatred and division in our own country are more deadly than terrorist attacks. We think Obama is more likely than McCain to try something different." Oklahoma Daily, U. Oklahoma Read the full endorsement.   Endorsements:  Full list alphabetical by school name The Amherst Student, Amherst College The Optimist, Abilene Christian U. The Bates Student, Bates College The Orient, Bowdoin College Central Michigan Life, Central Michigan U. The Flat Hat, College of William and Mary Columbia Daily Spectator, Columbia U. Cornell Daily Sun, Cornell U. The Chronicle, Duke U. Daily Eastern News, Eastern Illinois U. The Et Cetera, Eastfield College The Berkeley Beacon, Emerson College Indiana Daily Student, Indiana U. Iowa State Daily, Iowa State U. Daily Kent Stater, Kent State U. The Parthenon, Marshall U. The Miami Student, Miami U. Northern Star, Northern Illinois U. Daily Northwestern, Northwestern U. The University News, Saint Louis U. The Rocket, Slippery Rock U. The Point News, St. Mary's College Pipe Dream, SUNY-Binghamton The Lamron, SUNY-Geneseo The Phoenix, Swarthmore College Tufts Daily, Tufts U. Arizona Daily Wildcat, U. Arizona Daily Californian, UC-Berkeley Daily Bruin, UCLA Central Florida Future, U. Central Florida Daily Illini, U. Illinois The Michigan Daily, U. Michigan The Michigan Journal, U. Michigan-Dearborn Minnesota Daily, U. Minnesota Oklahoma Daily, U. Oklahoma The Pitt News. U. Pittsburgh The Daily Gamecock, U. South Carolina The Pacer, U. Tennessee-Martin Daily Texan. U. Texas The Independent Collegian, U. Toledo The Voice, Washtenaw Community College The Daily Athenaeum, West Virginia U.

John McCain (R)     Endorsements so far:  1   Primary endorsements: 43  Selected passages from a recent endorsement "Much has been said of both Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama since they first entered into their formal campaigns this summer. A consistent theme has developed: McCain has made an argument for being the more experienced of the two, and we agree with this notion. [...] McCain will bring a lifetime of experience to the profession and serve our nation honorably as he has in the past." Daily Mississippian, U. Mississippi Read the full endorsement. Endorsements:  Full list alphabetical by school name Daily Mississippian, U. Mississippi