The Biggest Non-Endorsements Of 2024

A partial list of people and institutions withholding their support from this year's presidential candidates.

When The Washington Post announced last week that its editorial board would not endorse Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump for president, the newspaper invited a flood of criticism — and more than 250,000 cancellations from apparently irate subscribers.

It was perhaps the most controversial non-endorsement of the 2024 election cycle. But it was far from the first.

For months now, notable politicians, celebrities and institutions have been saying that they won’t back anyone for president this year, at least not publicly. Since nobody seems to track non-endorsements, HuffPost has assembled this partial list of sideline sitters and their stated rationales. (For a list of actual endorsements, Wikipedia is a pretty good source.)

The Washington Post

Until this year, the Post’s editorial board had made an endorsement in every presidential election for three decades. The paper’s editorial page editor approved an endorsement of Harris that was being drafted earlier this month and reviewed by Post owner Jeff Bezos, NPR reported.