TMTPOST -- Since the Washington Post declared it would not endorse a candidate in the upcoming presidential election, more than 250,000 readers have canceled their subscriptions, resulting in a significant increase in cancellations, the Post reported late Tuesday. The decision, announced by publisher Will Lewis last Friday, led to the loss of approximately 10% of the newspaper's digital subscribers by Tuesday evening, according to internal documents and sources familiar with the situation. This figure does not include any new subscribers gained since the announcement or any who have re-subscribed. NPR was the first to report on the numbers. A Post spokesperson declined to comment. Following Lewis's announcement, which marked a departure from the newspaper's long-standing tradition just weeks before Election Day, many readers expressed their dissatisfaction. High-profile figures and former staff members took to social media to announce their cancellations, prompting a wave of subscriber withdrawals within hours of the announcement.