<P> Among the United States ' 100 largest newspapers by paid circulation , 57 endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton , while only two , the Las Vegas Review - Journal and the Florida Times - Union , endorsed Trump . Four ( the Chicago Tribune , the Detroit News , the Richmond Times - Dispatch , and the Charleston ( South Carolina ) Post and Courier ) endorsed Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson , while three other newspapers ( USA Today , the Fort Worth Star - Telegram , and the Milwaukee Journal - Sentinel ) specifically discouraged their readers from voting for Trump . Clinton won support from not only traditionally Democratic - leaning newspapers , but also traditionally non-political and conservative newspapers , including those that had `` ... either never before supported a Democrat or had not in many decades ... or had never endorsed any presidential candidate , like USA Today . '' Many newspapers that endorsed Clinton encouraged readers to vote for her primarily , if not solely , to prevent Trump from being elected president . The endorsements by a handful of newspapers of third party candidates , including independent candidate Evan McMullin as well as Johnson , broke from the usual practice of newspaper editorial boards endorsing a candidate from one of the two major parties . </P>
<P> Among the United States ' 100 largest newspapers by paid circulation , 57 endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton , while only two , the Las Vegas Review - Journal and the Florida Times - Union , endorsed Trump . Four ( the Chicago Tribune , the Detroit News , the Richmond Times - Dispatch , and the Charleston ( South Carolina ) Post and Courier ) endorsed Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson , while three other newspapers ( USA Today , the Fort Worth Star - Telegram , and the Milwaukee Journal - Sentinel ) specifically discouraged their readers from voting for Trump . Clinton won support from not only traditionally Democratic - leaning newspapers , but also traditionally non-political and conservative newspapers , including those that had `` ... either never before supported a Democrat or had not in many decades ... or had never endorsed any presidential candidate , like USA Today . '' Many newspapers that endorsed Clinton encouraged readers to vote for her primarily , if not solely , to prevent Trump from being elected president . The endorsements by a handful of newspapers of third party candidates , including independent candidate Evan McMullin as well as Johnson , broke from the usual practice of newspaper editorial boards endorsing a candidate from one of the two major parties . </P>
who did the chicago tribune endorse for president in 2016
who did the chicago tribune endorse for president in 2016
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson