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Donald Trump just made this newspaper break a 100-year tradition of endorsing Republicans

Updated by Libby Nelson @libbyanelson Sep 15, 2016, 1:10p

There are fewer newspapers more solidly Republican than the New Hampshire Union Leader, the daily newspaper in Manchester. But for the first time in a century, the paper’s editorial board isn’t endorsing a Republican for president.

Instead, the paper is urging readers to vote for Libertarian Gary Johnson, with an additional front-page message from its publisher blasting Donald Trump:

The man is a liar, a bully, a buffoon. He denigrates any individual or group that displeases him. He has dishonored military veterans and their families, made fun of the physically frail, and changed political views almost as often as he has changed wives.

Americans are being told that we have to choose the lesser of two evils. No, we don’t.

The Union Leader was anti-Trump in the primary and urged readers to vote for Chris Christie, and it didn’t matter. But Clinton’s lead in the polls is getting narrower in New Hampshire. The RealClearPolitics polling average for the state has her leading Trump by 5 points, down from an 8-point lead in mid-August.

And political science research suggests that a surprising endorsement — like, say, one of the most Republican editorial boards in the country refusing to endorse a Republican — could make a difference.

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http://www.vox.com/2016/9/15/12930242/new-hampshire-union-leader-endorsement