During the 2004 United States presidential election, the online edition of Editor & Publisher, a journal covering the North American newspaper industry, tabulated newspaper endorsements for the two major candidates, Republican incumbent George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry. , their tally shows the following: They note that 43 papers which had endorsed Bush for the 2000 election switched to endorse Kerry for 2004, whereas 8 papers which had endorsed Al Gore in 2000 switched to endorse Bush for 2004. They also listed 18 papers, all of which endorsed Bush in 2000, that declared their neutrality for the 2004 election. They note that the total daily circulation of the papers that have endorsed each candidate is 20,791,336 for Kerry vs. 14,455,046 for Bush. The following is a partial list of the endorsements: Choose not to endorse anyone (all backed Bush in 2000): Cleveland Plain Dealer Detroit News Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Patriot-News New Orleans Times-Picayune Scranton, Pennsylvania Times Tampa, Florida Tribune Winston-Salem, North Carolina Journal For George W. Bush: Amarillo Globe-News Austin American-Statesman Birmingham, Alabama News Bluefield, West Virginia Daily Telegraph Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph Canton The Repository Chicago Tribune Carlsbad, New Mexico Current-Argus Carbondale, Illinois Southern Illiosian Cedar Rapids, Iowa Gazette Champaign, Illinois News-Gazette Clarksville, Tennessee Leaf-Chronicle Columbus Dispatch Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati Post Dallas Morning News Denver Rocky Mountain News Denver Post Evansville, Indiana Courier & Press Easton, Maryland Star Democrat Easton, Pennsylvania Express-Times El Paso, Texas Times Fargo, North Dakota Forum Farmington, New Mexico Daily Times Findlay, Ohio Courier Fredericksburg, Virginia The Free Lance–Star Freeport, Illinois Standard Journal Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Smith, Arkansas Southwest Times Record Grand Junction, Colorado Daily Sentinel Houston Chronicle Indianapolis Star Lakeland, Florida Ledger Las Vegas Review-Journal Las Cruces, New Mexico Sun-News Little Rock, Arkansas Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Lowell, Massachusetts The Sun Manchester, New Hampshire Union-Leader Mason City, Iowa Globe-Gazette Midland, Michigan Midland Daily News Mobile Register New Philadelphia, Ohio Times Reporter New York Daily News New York Sun New York Post Ocala, Florida Star-Banner Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoman Omaha, Nebraska World-Herald Parkersburg, West Virginia The Parkersburg News Parkersburg, West Virginia The Parkersburg Sentinel Phoenix Arizona Republic Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Pontiac, Michigan The Oakland Press Poughkeepsie, New York Journal Pueblo, Colorado The Pueblo Chieftain Richmond, Virginia Times-Dispatch Riverside, California Press-Enterprise Saint Joseph, Michigan Herald-Palladium Salt Lake Tribune San Antonio Express-News San Diego Union-Tribune Savannah, Georgia Morning News Sioux City, Iowa Journal Sioux Falls, South Dakota