Talk:New York Times Presidential Endorsements

Adding colors to table

How about this:

Endorsements by the New York Times since 1860

From the New York Times of October 27, 2012; see the site at >

Republican winner in RED Democratic winner in BLUE

Year	Endorsed	Opponent(s)	Winner
1860	Abraham Lincoln,Republican	Stephen A. Douglas, Democrat; John C. Brekinridge, 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	Warren G. Harding, Republican; Robert M. LaFollette, Progressive	Harding

Wonderful, Derek, perfect! Just what I was about to try to do in the next half-hour or so! I'll add a couple of more in a moment, then transfer it all over to the main page. Along with an explanation up at the top. Many thanks! Hayford Peirce 21:37, 5 November 2012 (UTC)