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Main article: 2004 United States presidential election

2004 United States presidential election

November 2, 2004
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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  Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Bush/Cheney and blue denotes those won by Kerry/Edwards. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.
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  Results by state, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote.
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  Results by county, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote.
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  Change in vote margins at the county level from the 2000 election to the 2004 election. While Bush improved nationally overall, making his strongest gains in the South, he suffered a loss of support in parts of New England and the Western United States, which swung in Kerry's favor.

Results

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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

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 votes

Close states

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

Alabama

Main article: 2004 United States presidential election in Alabama

See also: 2004 Alabama Democratic presidential primary

Alabama results by county

Map legend

• Bush:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
• Kerry:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Flipped counties

• Republican: Barbour, Choctaw, Colbert, Conecuh, Jackson, Lawrence, Marengo

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

Main article: 2004 United States presidential election in Alaska

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

Main article: 2004 United States presidential election in Arizona

See also: 2004 Arizona Democratic presidential primary

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

Main article: 2004 United States presidential election in Arkansas

See also: 2004 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary

Arkansas results by county

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• Bush:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
• Kerry:      50–60%      60–70%

Flipped counties

• Republican: Ashley, Craighead, Cross, Dallas, Drew, Greene, Hot Spring, Izard, Lafayette, Nevada, Ouachita

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

Main article: 2004 United States presidential election in California

See also: 2004 California Democratic presidential primary and 2004 California Republican presidential primary

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

• Democratic: Alpine, Mono

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

Main article: 2004 United States presidential election in Colorado

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

• Republican: Huerfano
• Democratic: Clear Creek, Conejos, Eagle, Gunnison, La Plata, Routt, San Juan

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

Main article: 2004 United States presidential election in Connecticut

See also: 2004 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary

Connecticut results by county

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• Kerry:      50–60%
• Bush:      50–60%

Flipped counties

• Republican: Litchfield

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

Main article: 2004 United States presidential election in Delaware

See also: 2004 Delaware Democratic presidential primary

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	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