Sun front pages of U.S. presidential elections dating back to 1900
This post was updated on Nov. 9 to include the 2016 general election front page: Trump Wins.
As Americans head to the polls to elect the nation’s 45th president, take a look back at how The Sun covered past presidential elections on the front page. We’ve searched the archives for the front pages following each presidential election dating back to 1900, and selected a few additional covers from elections that weren’t officially decided by the next day’s newspaper — including 2004 and, of course, 2000.
- Nov. 9, 2016, Sun front page: TRUMP WINS: GOP underdog scores stunning upset over Clinton
- Nov. 7, 2012, Sun front page: RE-ELECTED
- 2008 Sun front page: It’s Obama
- 2004 Sun front page: ‘America has spoken’ (Nov. 4, 2004)
- 2004 Sun front page: CLOSE CALL – AGAIN (Nov. 3, 2004)
- 2000 Sun front page: Bush wins, vows unity as Gore concedes race (Dec. 14, 2000)
- 2000 Sun front page: Bush, Gore tally big wins but race is down to wire (Nov. 8, 2000)
- 1996 Sun front page: Clinton wins easily
- 1992 Sun front page: Clinton, decisively
- 1988 Sun front page: A SOLID WIN FOR BUSH
- 1984 Sun front page: REAGAN LANDSLIDE
- 1980 Sun front page: REAGAN LANDSLIDE
- 1976 Sun front page: Carter praises Ford concession message, urges unity (Nov. 4, 1976)
- 1976 Sun front page: Carter is apparent winner in close race (Nov. 3, 1976)
- 1972 Sun front page: Nixon defeats McGovern in landslide, captures Maryland by a wide margin
- 1968 Sun front page: Nixon is winner on slim electoral margin; he pledges to bridge generation, racial gap
- 1964 Sun front page: Johnson wins election by landslide, sweeps state
- 1960 Sun front page: Kennedy Calls for ‘Supreme National Effort’
- 1956 Sun front page: Democrats win Both Houses of Congress; GOP is unable to gain control despite big Eisenhower victory
- 1952 Sun front page: Eisenhower, Stevenson neck-and-neck in city
- 1948 Sun front page: Democrats make clean sweep in election; Truman wins 304 votes to Dewey’s 189
- 1944 Sun front page: Roosevelt reelected; Democrats gain in Senate, House
- 1940 Sun front page: Roosevelt electoral vote over 400
- 1936 Sun front page: Roosevelt reelected; 519 electoral votes are given president
- 1932 Sun front page: Roosevelt is elected; new Congress wet, Democrats in control
- 1928 Sun front page: Hoover is elected
- 1924 Sun front page: Coolidge is elected
- 1920 Sun front page: Harding swept into office by huge majority
- 1916 Sun front page: Wilson seems sure winner
- 1912 Sun front page: Wilson and Marshall carry 37 states; Roosevelt gets 6; Taft 3; In doubt, 2
- 1908 Sun front page: Taft wins great victory
- 1904 Sun front page: Sweep for Roosevelt; Maryland is close
- 1900 Sun front page: McKinley elected for a second term