November 5, 2004

George W. Bush Wins 2004

George W. Bush defeats John Kerry with 296 electoral votes, winning 31 states.

John Kerry

242 EV

270 to win

George W. Bush

296 EV

242

296

270

George W. Bush wins

296

Electoral Votes

50.7%

Popular Vote

States Carried

122,267,900

Total Votes Cast

George W. Bush won the 2004 presidential election with 296 electoral votes to John Kerry's 242. George W. Bush received 50.7% of the popular vote and carried 31 states. Compared to the previous election, 100 counties changed parties—71 flipped Republican and 29 flipped Democratic.

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State Results

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Recent Presidential Elections

Year	Democrat	Republican	Electoral	Popular	Winner
2004	John Kerry	George W. Bush	242-296	R+2.5%	GOP
2000	Al Gore	George W. Bush	249-289	D+0.5%	GOP
1996	Bill Clinton	Bob Dole	364-174	D+8.5%	DEM
1992	Bill Clinton	George H.W. Bush	353-185	D+5.6%	DEM
1988	Michael Dukakis	George H.W. Bush	100-438	R+7.7%	GOP

State-by-State Results

20 Dem31 Rep

Battleground States (Margin < 5%)

State	EV	2004	2000	1996	1992	1988
District of Columbia	3	D+79.8	D+76.2	D+75.8	D+75.5	D+68.3
Massachusetts	11	D+25.2	D+27.3	D+33.4	D+18.5	D+7.8
Rhode Island	4	D+20.8	D+29.1	D+32.9	D+18.0	D+11.7
Vermont	3	D+20.1	D+9.9	D+22.3	D+15.7	R+3.5
New York	28	D+18.3	D+25.0	D+28.9	D+15.8	D+4.1
Maryland	10	D+13.0	D+16.4	D+16.0	D+14.2	R+2.9
Connecticut	7	D+10.4	D+17.5	D+18.1	D+6.4	R+5.1
Illinois	19	D+10.3	D+12.0	D+17.5	D+14.2	R+2.1
California	54	D+9.9	D+11.8	D+12.9	D+13.4	R+3.6
Maine	4	D+9.0	D+5.1	D+20.9	D+8.4	R+11.4
Hawaii	4	D+8.7	D+18.3	D+25.3	D+11.4	D+9.5
Delaware	3	D+7.6	D+13.1	D+15.3	D+8.2	R+12.4
Washington	12	D+7.2	D+5.6	D+12.5	D+11.4	D+1.6
New Jersey	14	D+6.7	D+15.8	D+17.9	D+2.4	R+13.6
Oregon	8	D+4.2	D+0.4	D+8.1	D+9.9	D+4.7
Minnesota	10	D+3.5	D+2.4	D+16.1	D+11.6	D+7.0
Michigan	15	D+3.4	D+5.1	D+13.2	D+7.4	R+7.9
Pennsylvania	19	D+2.5	D+4.2	D+9.2	D+9.0	R+2.3
New Hampshire	4	D+1.4	R+1.3	D+10.3	D+1.2	R+26.2
Wisconsin	10	D+0.4	D+0.2	D+10.3	D+4.3	D+3.6
Iowa	6	R+0.7	D+0.3	D+10.3	D+6.0	D+10.2
New Mexico	5	R+0.8	D+0.1	D+7.3	D+8.6	R+5.0
Ohio	17	R+2.1	R+3.5	D+6.4	D+1.8	R+10.8
Nevada	6	R+2.6	R+3.5	D+1.0	D+2.6	R+20.9
Colorado	10	R+4.7	R+8.4	R+1.4	D+4.3	R+7.8
Florida	30	R+5.0	R+0.0	D+5.7	R+1.9	R+22.4
Missouri	10	R+7.2	R+3.3	D+6.3	D+10.2	R+4.0
Virginia	13	R+8.2	R+8.1	R+2.0	R+4.4	R+20.5
Arkansas	6	R+9.8	R+5.4	D+16.9	D+17.7	R+14.2
Arizona	11	R+10.4	R+6.3	D+2.2	R+1.9	R+21.2
North Carolina	16	R+12.4	R+12.8	R+4.7	R+0.8	R+16.3
West Virginia	4	R+12.9	R+6.3	D+14.8	D+13.0	D+4.7
Tennessee	11	R+14.3	R+3.9	D+2.4	D+4.7	R+16.3
Louisiana	8	R+14.5	R+7.7	D+12.1	D+4.6	R+10.2
Georgia	16	R+16.6	R+11.7	R+1.2	D+0.6	R+20.3
South Carolina	9	R+17.1	R+15.9	R+6.0	R+8.2	R+23.9
Mississippi	6	R+19.7	R+16.9	R+5.1	R+8.9	R+20.8
Kentucky	8	R+19.9	R+15.1	D+1.0	D+3.2	R+11.6
Montana	4	R+20.5	R+25.1	R+2.9	D+2.5	R+5.9
Indiana	11	R+20.7	R+15.6	R+5.6	R+6.1	R+20.2
South Dakota	3	R+21.3	R+22.7	R+3.5	R+3.5	R+6.3
Texas	40	R+22.9	R+21.3	R+4.9	R+3.5	R+12.6
Kansas	6	R+25.4	R+20.8	R+18.2	R+5.1	R+13.2
Alabama	9	R+25.6	R+14.9	R+7.0	R+6.8	R+19.3
Alaska	3	R+25.9	R+30.9	R+17.5	R+9.2	R+23.3
North Dakota	3	R+27.4	R+27.6	R+6.8	R+12.0	R+13.1
Oklahoma	7	R+31.1	R+21.9	R+7.8	R+8.6	R+16.6
Nebraska	5	R+33.2	R+29.0	R+18.7	R+17.2	R+21.0
Idaho	4	R+38.1	R+39.5	R+18.5	R+13.6	R+26.1
Wyoming	3	R+39.8	R+40.1	R+13.0	R+5.6	R+22.5
Utah	6	R+45.5	R+40.5	R+21.1	R+18.7	R+34.2

Counties That Changed Parties

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Flipped Republican

71 total

Sanborn County, South Dakota, SDR+89.0%Wyoming County, West Virginia, WVR+25.2%DeKalb County, Tennessee, TNR+25.0%Harlan County, Kentucky, KYR+24.7%Robertson County, Tennessee, TNR+24.4%

66 more counties(Seeker)

Flipped Democratic

29 total

Ogala Lakota County, South Dakota, SDD+109.3%Skagway Municipality, Alaska, AKD+30.7%Ziebach County, South Dakota, SDD+27.1%Roberts County, South Dakota, SDD+26.2%San Juan County, Colorado, COD+21.6%

24 more counties(Seeker)

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