New York Times Presidential Endorsements

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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 Joe Biden in 2020. 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 28 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[edit]

From the New York Times of September 23, 2016; see the site at >

Republican winner in  RED Democratic winner in  BLUE

Year | Endorsed | Opponent(s) | Winner

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1860 | Abraham Lincoln,Republican | Stephen A. Douglas, Democrat; John C. Breckinridge, 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 | Wendell Willkie, Republican | Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat |  Roosevelt
1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat | Thomas E. Dewey, Republican |  Roosevelt
1948 | Thomas E. Dewey, Republican | Harry S. Truman, Democrat; 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 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, Reform Party |  Clinton
2000 | Al Gore, Democrat | George W. Bush, Republican; Ralph Nader, Green Party |  Bush
2004 | John Kerry, Democrat | George W. Bush, Republican |  Bush
2008 | Barack Obama, Democrat | John McCain, Republican |  Obama
2012 | Barack Obama, Democrat | Mitt Romney, Republican |  Obama
2016 | Hillary Clinton, Democrat | Donald Trump, Republican | Trump
2020 | Joe Biden, Democrat | Donald Trump, Republican |  Biden