This story was originally published on nationaljournal.com on October 7, 2016 The headline of a column by The New York Times’ Jim Rutenberg in Thursday’s paper asked the question, “Editorial Writers Have Spoken, but Will the Voters Listen?” The piece noted that The Atlantic (National Journal’s older sister publication)—which had only endorsed two presidential candidates in its 159-year history, Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and Lyndon Johnson in 1964—had just endorsed Hillary Clinton. The column pointed out that USA Today had just made a “disendorsement,” calling Donald Trump unfit for the presidency, the first such declaration in its history. Public stances in favor of Clinton have been taken by The Dallas Morning News (its first endorsement of a Democratic presidential candidate since 1940) and The Arizona Republic (the first time it had backed a Democrat in its 126-year history). As many have observed, none of the 100 largest newspapers in the country by circulation have endorsed Trump. Last month, The Wall Street Journal noted that no CEOs from the nation’s 100 largest companies have donated to Donald Trump, a “sharp reversal”
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