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2004 United States presidential election

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538 members of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win
 
Nominee George W. Bush John Kerry
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Massachusetts
Running mate Dick Cheney John Edwards
Electoral vote 286 251
States carried 31 19 + DC
Popular vote 62,040,610 59,028,444
Percentage 50.7% 48.3%

President before election

George W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

This workpage details the results of the 2004 United States presidential election, which was the 55th quadrennial presidential election held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Republican president George W. Bush won re-election to a second term against Democratic nominee John Kerry, the junior Senator from Massachusetts.

Although Kerry managed to flip New Hampshire, Bush flipped two states that voted Democratic in 2000: Iowa and New Mexico. As of 2024, this was the last time that Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Virginia voted for the Republican nominee.

Overview

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Results

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252 286
John Kerry George W. Bush
Electoral results
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral
vote
Running mate
Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote
George W. Bush Republican Texas 62,040,610 50.73% 286 Dick Cheney Wyoming 286
John Kerry Democratic Massachusetts 59,028,444 48.27% 251 John Edwards North Carolina 251
Ralph Nader Independent Connecticut 465,650 0.38% 0 Peter Camejo California 0
Michael Badnarik Libertarian Texas 397,265 0.32% 0 Richard Campagna Iowa 0
Michael Peroutka Constitution Maryland 143,630 0.12% 0 Chuck Baldwin Florida 0
David Cobb Green Texas 119,859 0.10% 0 Pat LaMarche Maine 0
Leonard Peltier Peace and Freedom Pennsylvania 27,607 0.02% 0 Janice Jordan California 0
Walt Brown Socialist Oregon 10,837 0.01% 0 Mary Alice Herbert Vermont 0
James Harris Socialist Workers Ohio 7,102 0.01% 0 Arrin Hawkins Minnesota 0
Other 99,887 0.08% Other
Total 122,295,345 100% 538 538
Needed to win 270 270
Popular vote
Bush
50.73%
Kerry
48.27%
Nader
0.38%
Others
0.62%
Electoral vote
Bush
53.16%
Kerry
46.65%
Edwards
0.19%

Summary table

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State or
district
George W. Bush
Republican
John Kerry
Democratic
Ralph Nader
Independent
Michael Badnarik
Libertarian
Michael Peroutka
Constitution
David Cobb
Green
Others Margin Total
votes
Votes %
EV
Votes %
EV
Votes %
EV
Votes %
EV
Votes %
EV
Votes %
EV
Votes %
EV
Votes %
Alabama 1,176,394 62.46% 9 693,933 36.84% 6,701 0.36% 3,529 0.19% 1,994 0.11% 898 0.05% 482,461 25.62% 1,883,449
Alaska 190,889 61.07% 3 111,025 35.52% 5,069 1.62% 1,675 0.54% 2,092 0.67% 1,058 0.34% 790 0.25% 79,864 25.55% 312,598
Arizona 1,104,294 54.77% 10 893,524 44.32% 2,773 0.14% 11,856 0.59% 138 0.01% 3,517 0.17% 210,770 10.45% 2,016,102
Arkansas 572,898 54.31% 6 469,953 44.55% 6,171 0.58% 2,352 0.22% 2,083 0.20% 1,488 0.14% 102,945 9.76% 1,054,945
California 5,509,826 44.36% 6,745,485 54.30% 55 21,213 0.17% 50,165 0.40% 26,645 0.21% 40,771 0.33% 27,754 0.22% -1,235,659 -9.95% 12,421,859
Colorado 1,101,256 51.69% 9 1,001,275 47.02% 12,718 0.60% 7,665 0.36% 2,562 0.12% 1,591 0.07% 2,808 0.13% 99,531 4.67% 2,130,325
Connecticut 693,826 43.95% 857,488 54.31% 7 12,969 0.82% 3,367 0.21% 1,543 0.10% 9,564 0.61% 12 0.00% -163,662 -10.37% 1,578,769
Delaware 171,660 45.74% 200,152 53.34% 3 2,153 0.57% 586 0.16% 289 0.08% 250 0.07% 180 0.05% -28,492 -7.59% 375,270
D.C. 21,256 9.34% 202,970 89.18% 3 1,485 0.65% 502 0.22% 737 0.32% 636 0.28% -181,714 -79.84% 227,586
Florida 3,964,522 52.10% 27 3,583,544 47.09% 32,971 0.43% 11,996 0.16% 6,626 0.09% 3,917 0.05% 6,234 0.08% 380,978 5.01% 7,609,810
Georgia 1,914,254 57.93% 15 1,366,149 41.34% 2,231 0.07% 18,387 0.56% 580 0.02% 228 0.01% 2,652 0.08% 548,105 16.59% 3,304,481
Hawaii 194,191 45.26% 231,708 54.01% 4 1,377 0.32% 1,737 0.40% -37,517 -8.74% 429,013
Idaho 409,235 68.38% 4 181,098 30.26% 1,115 0.19% 3,844 0.52% 3,084 0.52% 58 0.01% 13 0.00% 228,137 38.12% 598,447
Illinois 2,345,946 44.48% 2,891,550 54.82% 21 3,571 0.07% 32,442 0.62% 440 0.01% 241 0.00% 132 0.00% -545,604 -10.34% 5,274,322
Indiana 1,479,438 59.94% 11 969,011 39.26% 1,328 0.05% 18,058 0.73% 102 0.00% 65 0.00% 510,427 20.68% 2,468,002
Iowa 751,957 49.90% 7 741,898 49.23% 5,973 0.40% 2,992 0.20% 1,304 0.09% 1,141 0.08% 1,643 0.11% 10,059 0.67% 1,506,908
Kansas 736,456 62.00% 6 434,993 36.62% 9,348 0.79% 4,013 0.34% 2,899 0.24% 33 0.00% 14 0.00% 301,463 25.38% 1,187,756
Kentucky 1,069,439 59.54% 8 712,733 39.68% 8,856 0.49% 2,619 0.15% 2,213 0.12% 219 0.01% 356,706 19.86% 1,796,079
Louisiana 1,102,169 56.72% 9 820,299 42.22% 7,032 0.36% 2,781 0.14% 5,203 0.27% 1,276 0.07% 4,346 0.22% 281,870 14.51% 1,943,106
Maine 330,201 44.58% 396,842 53.57% 4 8,069 1.09% 1,965 0.27% 735 0.10% 2,936 0.40% 4 0.00% -66,641 -9.00% 740,752
Maryland 1,024,703 42.93% 1,334,493 55.91% 10 11,854 0.50% 6,094 0.26% 3,421 0.14% 3,632 0.15% 2,481 0.10% -309,790 -12.98% 2,386,678
Massachusetts 1,071,109 36.78% 1,803,800 61.94% 12 4,806 0.17% 15,022 0.52% 10,623 0.36% 7,028 0.24% -732,691 -25.16% 2,912,388
Michigan 2,313,746 47.81% 2,479,183 51.23% 17 24,035 0.50% 10,552 0.22% 4,980 0.10% 5,325 0.11% 1,431 0.03% -165,437 -3.42% 4,839,252
Minnesota 1,346,695 47.61% 1,445,014 51.09% 9 18,683 0.66% 4,639 0.16% 3,074 0.11% 4,408 0.16% 5,874 0.21% -98,319 -3.48% 2,828,387
Mississippi 684,981 59.44% 6 458,094 39.75% 3,177 0.28% 1,793 0.16% 1,759 0.15% 1,073 0.09% 1,488 0.13% 226,887 19.69% 1,152,365
Missouri 1,455,713 53.30% 11 1,259,171 46.10% 1,294 0.05% 9,831 0.36% 5,355 0.20% 196,542 7.20% 2,731,364
Montana 266,063 59.07% 3 173,710 38.56% 6,168 1.37% 1,733 0.38% 1,764 0.39% 996 0.22% 11 0.00% 92,353 20.50% 450,445
Nebraska 512,814 65.90% 5 254,328 32.68% 5,698 0.73% 2,041 0.26% 1,314 0.17% 978 0.13% 1,013 0.13% 258,486 33.22% 778,186
Nevada 418,690 50.47% 5 397,190 47.88% 4,838 0.58% 3,176 0.38% 1,152 0.14% 853 0.10% 3,688 0.44% 21,500 2.59% 829,587
New Hampshire 331,237 48.87% 340,511 50.24% 4 4,479 0.66% 372 0.05% 161 0.02% 978 0.14% -9,274 -1.37% 677,738
New Jersey 1,670,003 46.23% 1,911,430 52.92% 15 19,418 0.54% 4,514 0.12% 2,750 0.08% 1,807 0.05% 2,215 0.06% -241,427 -6.68% 3,612,137
New Mexico 376,930 49.84% 5 370,942 49.05% 4,053 0.54% 2,382 0.31% 771 0.10% 1,226 0.16% 5,988 0.79% 756,304
New York 2,962,567 40.08% 4,314,280 58.36% 31 99,873 1.35% 11,607 0.16% 363 0.00% 138 0.00% 3,126 0.04% -1,351,713 -18.29% 7,391,954
North Carolina 1,961,166 56.02% 15 1,525,849 43.58% 1,805 0.05% 11,731 0.34% 108 0.00% 348 0.01% 435,317 12.43% 3,501,007
North Dakota 196,651 62.86% 3 111,052 35.50% 3,756 1.20% 851 0.27% 514 0.16% 9 0.00% 85,599 27.36% 312,833
Ohio 2,859,768 50.81% 20 2,741,167 48.71% 14,676 0.26% 11,939 0.21% 192 0.00% 166 0.00% 118,601 2.11% 5,627,908
Oklahoma 959,792 65.57% 7 503,966 34.43% 455,826 31.14% 1,463,758
Oregon 866,831 47.19% 943,163 51.35% 7 7,260 0.40% 5,257 0.29% 5,315 0.29% 8,956 0.49% -76,332 -4.16% 1,836,782
Pennsylvania 2,793,847 48.42% 2,938,095 50.92% 21 2,656 0.05% 21,185 0.37% 6,318 0.11% 6,319 0.11% 1,170 0.02% -144,248 -2.50% 5,769,590
Rhode Island 169,046 38.67% 259,760 59.42% 4,651 1.06% 907 0.21% 339 0.08% 1,333 0.30% 1,098 0.25% -90,714 -20.75% 437,134
South Carolina 937,974 57.98% 8 661,699 40.90% 5,520 0.34% 3,608 0.22% 5,317 0.33% 1,488 0.09% 2,124 0.13% 276,275 17.08% 1,617,730
South Dakota 232,584 59.91% 3 149,244 38.44% 4,320 1.11% 964 0.25% 1,103 0.28% 83,340 21.47% 388,215
Tennessee 1,383,336 56.81% 11 1,035,160 42.51% 8,984 0.37% 4,865 0.20% 2,565 0.11% 33 0.00% 6 0.00% 348,176 14.30% 2,434,949
Texas 4,526,917 61.09% 34 2,832,704 38.22% 9,159 0.12% 38,787 0.52% 1,636 0.02% 1,014 0.01% 548 0.01% 1,694,213 22.86% 7,410,765
Utah 663,742 71.54% 5 241,199 26.00% 11,305 1.22% 3,375 0.36% 6,841 0.74% 1,382 0.15% 422,543 45.54% 927,844
Vermont 121,180 38.80% 184,067 58.94% 3 4,494 1.44% 1,102 0.35% 1,466 0.47% -62,887 -20.14% 312,309
Virginia 1,716,959 53.68% 13 1,454,742 45.48% 2,393 0.07% 11,032 0.34% 10,161 0.32% 104 0.00% 2,976 0.09% 262,217 8.20% 3,198,367
Washington 1,304,894 45.60% 1,510,201 52.77% 11 23,283 0.81% 11,955 0.42% 3,922 0.14% 2,974 0.10% 4,484 0.16% -205,307 -7.17% 2,861,713
West Virginia 423,778 56.06% 5 326,541 43.20% 4,063 0.54% 1,405 0.19% 82 0.01% 5 0.00% 13 0.00% 97,237 12.86% 755,887
Wisconsin 1,478,120 49.32% 1,489,504 49.70% 10 16,390 0.55% 6,464 0.22% 869 0.03% 2,661 0.09% 2,999 0.10% -11,384 -0.38% 2,997,007
Wyoming 167,629 68.86% 3 70,776 29.07% 2,741 1.13% 1,171 0.48% 631 0.26% 480 0.20% 96,853 39.79% 243,428
Total 62,040,610 50.73% 286 59,028,444 48.27% 251 465,650 0.38% 397,265 0.32% 143,630 0.12% 119,859 0.10% 145,433 0.12% 3,012,166 2.46% 122,295,345
George W. Bush
Republican
John Kerry
Democratic
Ralph Nader
Independent
Michael Badnarik
Libertarian
Michael Peroutka
Constitution
David Cobb
Green
Others Margin Total
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Close states

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States where the margin of victory was under 1% (22 electoral votes):

  1. Wisconsin, 0.38% (11,384 votes)
  2. Iowa, 0.67% (10,059 votes)
  3. New Mexico, 0.79% (5,988 votes)

States where the margin of victory was under 5% (93 electoral votes):

  1. New Hampshire, 1.37% (9,274 votes)
  2. Ohio, 2.11% (118,601 votes)
  3. Pennsylvania, 2.50% (144,248 votes)
  4. Nevada, 2.59% (21,500 votes)
  5. Michigan, 3.42% (165,437 votes)
  6. Minnesota, 3.48% (98,319 votes)
  7. Oregon, 4.16% (76,332 votes)
  8. Colorado, 4.67% (99,523 votes)

States where the margin of victory was under 10% (149 electoral votes):

  1. Florida, 5.01% (380,978 votes)
  2. New Jersey, 6.68% (241,427 votes)
  3. Washington, 7.18% (205,307 votes)
  4. Missouri, 7.20% (196,542 votes)
  5. Delaware, 7.59% (28,492 votes)
  6. Virginia, 8.20% (262,217 votes)
  7. Hawaii, 8.74% (37,517 votes)
  8. Maine, 9.00% (66,641 votes)
  9. Arkansas, 9.76% (102,945 votes)
  10. California, 9.95% (1,235,659 votes)

Results by state

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Alabama

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Alabama results by county
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  • Bush:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
  • Kerry:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Flipped counties
2004 United States presidential election in Alabama
9 electoral votes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George W. Bush (incumbent) 1,176,394 62.46%   5.98
Democratic John Kerry 693,933 36.84%   4.73
Independent Ralph Nader 6,701 0.36%   0.74
Independent Michael Badnarik 3,529 0.19%   0.16
Independent Michael Peroutka 1,994 0.11%   0.06
Write-in 898 0.05%
Margin of victory 482,461 25.62%   10.70
Total votes 1,883,449 100.00%
Republican win

Alaska

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Alaska results by county
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  • Bush:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
  • Kerry:      40–50%      50–60%
2004 United States presidential election in Alaska
3 electoral votes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George W. Bush (incumbent) 190,889 61.07%   2.45
Democratic John Kerry 111,025 35.52%   7.85
Populist Ralph Nader 5,069 1.62%   8.45
Independence Michael Peroutka 2,092 0.67%   0.21
Libertarian Michael Badnarik 1,675 0.54%   0.38
Green David Cobb 1,058 0.34%   9.73
Write-in 790 0.25%
Margin of victory 79,864 25.55%   5.40
Total votes 312,598 100.00%
Republican win

Arizona

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Arizona results by county
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  • Bush:      50–60%      60–70%
  • Kerry:      50–60%      60–70%
2004 United States presidential election in Arizona
10 electoral votes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George W. Bush (incumbent) 1,104,294 54.87%   3.85
Democratic John Kerry 893,524 44.40%   0.33
Libertarian Michael Badnarik 11,856 0.59%   0.38
Write-in 2,911 0.14%
Margin of victory 210,770 10.47%   4.18
Total votes 2,012,585 100.00%
Republican win

Arkansas

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Arkansas results by county
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  • Bush:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
  • Kerry:      50–60%      60–70%
Flipped counties
2004 United States presidential election in Arkansas
6 electoral votes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George W. Bush (incumbent) 572,898 54.31%   3.00
Democratic John Kerry 469,953 44.55%   1.31
Populist Ralph Nader 6,171 0.58%   0.88
Libertarian Michael Badnarik 2,352 0.22%   0.08
Constitution Michael Peroutka 2,083 0.20%   0.05
Green David Cobb 1,488 0.14%   1.32
Margin of victory 102,945 9.76%   4.32
Total votes 1,054,945 100.00%
Republican win

California

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California results by county
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  • Kerry:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
  • Bush:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Flipped counties
2004 United States presidential election in California
55 electoral votes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Kerry 6,745,485 54.30%   0.85
Republican George W. Bush (incumbent) 5,509,826 44.36%   2.71
Libertarian Michael Badnarik 50,165 0.40%   0.02
Green David Cobb 40,771 0.33%   3.49
Peace and Freedom Leonard Peltier 27,607 0.22% N/A
American Independent Michael Peroutka 26,645 0.21%   0.05
Write-in 21,353 0.17%
Margin of victory 1,235,659 9.95%   1.85
Total votes 12,421,852 100.00%
Democratic win

Colorado

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Colorado results by county
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  • Bush:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
  • Kerry:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Flipped counties
2004 United States presidential election in Colorado
9 electoral votes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George W. Bush (incumbent) 1,101,255 51.69%   0.94
Democratic John Kerry 1,001,732 47.02%   4.63
Reform Ralph Nader 12,718 0.60%   0.00
Libertarian Michael Badnarik 7,664 0.36%   0.37
American Constitution Michael Peroutka 2,562 0.12%   0.04
Green David Cobb 1,591 0.07%   5.18
Independent Stanford Andress 804 0.04% N/A
Concerns of People Gene Amondson 378 0.02% N/A
Socialist Equality Bill Van Auken 329 0.02% N/A
Socialist Workers James Harris 241 0.01%   0.00
Socialist Walt Brown 216 0.01%   0.03
Prohibition Earl Dodge 140 0.01%   0.00
Write-in 700 0.03%
Margin of victory 99,523 4.67%   3.69
Total votes 2,130,330 100.00%
Republican win

Connecticut

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Connecticut results by county
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  • Kerry:      50–60%
  • Bush:      50–60%
Flipped counties
2004 United States presidential election in Connecticut
7 electoral votes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Kerry 857,488 54.31%   1.60
Republican George W. Bush (incumbent) 693,826 43.95%   5.51
Politicos Son Corruptos Ralph Nader 12,969 0.82%   3.60
Green David Cobb 9,564 0.61%   3.81
Libertarian Michael Badnarik 3,367 0.21%   0.03
Concerned Citizens Michael Peroutka 1,543 0.10%   0.56
Write-in 12 0.00%
Margin of victory 163,662 10.37%   7.10
Total votes 1,578,769 100.00%
Democratic win

Delaware

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Delaware results by county
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  • Kerry:      60–70%
  • Bush:      50–60%      60–70%
2004 United States presidential election in Delaware
3 electoral votes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Kerry 200,152 53.35%   1.61
Republican George W. Bush (incumbent) 171,660 45.75%   3.85
Independent Party Ralph Nader 2,153 0.57%   1.97
Libertarian Michael Badnarik 586 0.16%   0.08
Constitution Michael Peroutka 289 0.08%   0.02
Green David Cobb 250 0.07%   2.47
Natural Law Walt Brown 100 0.03%   0.00
Margin of victory 28,492 7.59%   5.47
Total votes 375,190 100.00%
Democratic win


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