Final newspaper endorsement count: Clinton 57, Trump 2 http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/final-newspaper-endorsement-count-clinton-57-trump-2/ar-AAjYYKQ?li=AA5a8k&ocid=spartandhpRepublican presidential nominee
Donald Trump has received fewer endorsements from the nation's largest newspaper editorial boards than any major party presidential candidate in history.Among the top 100 largest newspapers in America, just two -- the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Florida Times Union in Jacksonville -- endorsed Trump. The Review-Journal is owned by Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate who has spent millions trying to elect Trump.
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Four newspapers have taken the unusual step of explicitly advising readers to vote against Trump, even if they cannot bring themselves to recommend Clinton.
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Trump's "reckless ignorance is more informed by disturbing Internet conspiracy theories than evidence, wisdom or reason," the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote this weekend. Clinton "suffers from an inflated sense of entitlement and a well-earned lack of trust."
But, the paper concluded:
"Job One: Reject Trump.".............
The rejection of Trump is even more lopsided than the 1972 presidential contest, when the vast majority of papers backed Richard Nixon's re-election bid. Only 7 percent of papers that endorsed that year picked George McGovern, the Democratic nominee. This year, only 3 percent of papers are backing Trump.
Even Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson has had more success with editorial boards than Trump. This weekend, the Charleston Post & Courier became the fourth paper to back Johnson.
