Barack Obama holds the lead in endorsements from Iowa newspapers with a total of nine.  But measured by total readership, Hillary Clinton has the advantage with the backing of the state’s largest paper, the Des Moines Register.

On the Republican side, John McCain leads both in numbers and in total circulation.  Fred Thompson gains his first endorsement, from the Ottumwa Courier.

Papers and numbers below the fold.

Dem Total Daily Weekly Readership
Obama 9 6 3 247132
Clinton 4 3 1 464370
Biden 3 0 3 23190
Edwards 2 2 0 36636
Dodd 0 0 0  
Richardson 0 0 0  
total 18 11 7  

 

Paper Schedule Dem

Readership

Jefferson Herald weekly Biden 4866
Sheldon N’West Iowa Review weekly Biden 12024
Storm Lake Times weekly Biden 6300
Burlington Hawk Eye Daily Clinton 41764
Davenport Quad-City Times Daily Clinton 114614
Des Moines Register Daily Clinton 302896
Vinton Eagle weekly Clinton 5096
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Daily Edwards 32458
Shenandoah Valley News Today Daily Edwards 4178
Ames Iowa State Daily Daily Obama 27800
Des Moines El Latino weekly Obama 5000
Iowa City Daily Iowan Daily Obama 32930
Iowa City Press-Citizen Daily Obama 35498
Logan Herald-Observer weekly Obama 2854
Marshalltown Times Republican Daily Obama 22160
Ottumwa Courier Daily Obama 28914
Sioux City Journal Daily Obama 89690
Woodbine Twiner weekly Obama 2286

 

GOP Total Daily Weekly Readership
McCain 6 4 2 483380
Huckabee 5 2 3 62064
Romney 3 3 0 144308
Thompson 1 1 0 28914
Giuliani 0 0 0  
Hunter 0 0 0  
Keyes 0 0 0  
Paul 0 0 0  
total 15 10 5  

 

Paper Schedule GOP

Readership

Albia Union-Republican weekly Huckabee 4794
Chariton Leader weekly Huckabee 5570
Iowa City Press-Citizen Daily Huckabee 35498
Sheldon N’West Iowa Review weekly Huckabee 12024
Shenandoah Valley News Today Daily Huckabee 4178
Ames Iowa State Daily Daily McCain 27800
Davenport Quad-City Times Daily McCain 114614
Des Moines Register Daily McCain 302896
Iowa City Daily Iowan Daily McCain 32930
Logan Herald-Observer weekly McCain 2854
Woodbine Twiner weekly McCain 2286
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Daily Romney 32458
Marshalltown Times Republican Daily Romney 22160
Sioux City Journal Daily Romney 89690
Ottumwa Courier Daily Thompson 28914