Editing Toronto Star (section)

====Election endorsements====
In the 50 years to 1972, the ''Star'' endorsed the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] in each [[List of Canadian federal general elections|federal general election]].<ref name="English">Kathy English, [https://www.thestar.com/news/politics/federalelection/2008/10/11/why_do_newspapers_endorse.html Why do newspapers endorse?], ''Toronto Star'' (October 11, 2008).</ref> In the fifteen federal elections between 1968 and 2019, the ''Star'' has endorsed the Liberal Party eleven times, the [[New Democratic Party]] twice, and the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]] twice.<ref name="Wallace" />

Elections in which the ''Star'' did not endorse the Liberals took place [[1972 Canadian federal election|in 1972]] and [[1974 Canadian federal election|1974]] (when it endorsed the Progressive Conservatives), and [[1979 Canadian federal election|in 1979]] and [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011]] (when it endorsed the NDP).<ref name="English" /><ref name="Wallace" /> In the 2011 election, the ''Star'' [[Newspaper endorsements in the 2011 Canadian federal election|endorsed the NDP]] under [[Jack Layton]],<ref name="Toronto Star endorses the NDP" /> but to avoid [[vote splitting]] that could inadvertently help the Conservatives under [[Stephen Harper]], which it saw as the worst outcome for the country, the paper also recommended Canadians [[Tactical voting|vote strategically]] by voting for "the progressive candidate best placed to win" in certain ridings.<ref name="strategicvoting">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/2011/04/30/but_vote_strategically.html |title=But vote strategically |work=Toronto Star |date=April 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321014354/https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/2011/04/30/but_vote_strategically.html |archive-date=March 21, 2014}}</ref> For the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 election]], the ''Star'' endorsed the Liberal Party under [[Justin Trudeau]],<ref name="2015endorsement">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2015/10/09/for-justin-trudeau-and-the-liberal-party-editorial.html |title=Toronto Star endorses Liberal leader Justin Trudeau for prime minister |work=Toronto Star |date=October 9, 2015}}</ref> and did so again [[2019 Canadian federal election|in 2019]]<ref name="2019endorsement">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/10/16/liberals-are-the-best-choice-for-canada.html |title=Liberals are the best choice for Canada |work=Toronto Star |date=October 16, 2019}}</ref> and [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021]].<ref name="2021endorsement">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/the-star-s-editorial-board-endorses-liberals-for-2021-federal-election/article_e66a7040-3654-5e04-9eb1-1ca63a69d833.html |title=The Star’s editorial board endorses Liberals for 2021 federal election  |work=Toronto Star |date=September 19, 2021}}</ref> The ''Star'' endorsed the Liberals under [[Mark Carney]] for the [[2025 Canadian federal election|2025 federal election]].<ref name="2025endorsement">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/in-a-time-of-crisis-mark-carney-is-the-steady-hand-canada-needs/article_aefe9436-1dfc-491a-93dd-bb285a23abb8.html |title=In a time of crisis, Mark Carney is the steady hand Canada needs   |work=Toronto Star |date=April 26, 2025}}</ref>

In Toronto's [[Nonpartisanism|non-partisan]] mayoral elections, the ''Star'' endorsed [[George Smitherman]] [[2010 Toronto mayoral election|in 2010]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Star's choices for Toronto mayor: George Smitherman |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/876268 |work=Toronto Star |date=October 17, 2010}}</ref> and [[John Tory]] [[2014 Toronto mayoral election|in 2014]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2014/10/21/john_tory_is_the_best_choice_to_lead_toronto_editorial.html |title=John Tory is the best choice to lead Toronto: Editorial |work=Toronto Star |date=October 21, 2014}}</ref> [[2018 Toronto mayoral election|2018]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2018/10/19/john-tory-is-the-best-choice-for-toronto-now.html |title=John Tory is the best choice for Toronto now |work=Toronto Star |date=October 19, 2018}}</ref> and [[2022 Toronto mayoral election|2022]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/john-tory-best-to-lead-toronto/article_ab142f68-235d-53de-af4d-e7f8e409153b.html |title=John Tory best to lead Toronto  |work=Toronto Star |date=October 22, 2022}}</ref> The ''Star'' endorsed [[Ana Bailão]] in the [[2023 Toronto mayoral by-election]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/ana-bail-o-is-the-best-choice-to-lead-toronto/article_a2236210-ebe6-5c84-b99c-ac79a735b0ca.html |title=Ana Bailão is the best choice to lead Toronto  |work=Toronto Star |date=July 19, 2023}}</ref>