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Presidential Election of 2004, Electoral and Popular Vote Summary

Principal Candidates for President and Vice President:
Republican—George W. Bush; Richard B. Cheney (winner)
Democratic—John F. Kerry; John Edwards

	George W. Bush		John F. Kerry		Electoral votes
	Popular vote	%	Popular vote	%	R	D
Alabama	1,176,394	62.5%	693,933	36.8%	9
Alaska	190,889	61.1	111,025	35.5	3
Arizona	1,104,294	54.9	893,524	44.4	10
Arkansas	572,898	54.4	469,953	44.5	6
California	5,509,826	44.4	6,745,485	54.3		55
Colorado	1,101,255	51.7	1,001,732	47.0	9
Connecticut	693,826	43.9	857,488	54.3		7
Delaware	171,660	45.8	200,152	53.3		3
District of Columbia	21,256	09.3	202,970	89.2		3
Florida	3,964,522	52.1	3,583,544	47.1	27
Georgia	1,914,254	58.0	1,366,149	41.4	15
Hawaii	194,191	45.3	231,708	54.0		4
Idaho	409,235	68.4	181,098	30.3	4
Illinois	2,345,946	44.5	2,891,550	54.8		21
Indiana	1,479,438	59.9	969,011	39.3	11
Iowa	751,957	49.9	741,898	49.3	7
Kansas	736,456	62.0	434,993	36.6	6
Kentucky	1,069,439	59.5	712,733	39.7	8
Louisiana	1,102,169	56.7	820,299	42.2	9
Maine	330,201	44.6	396,842	53.6		4
Maryland	1,024,703	43.0	1,334,493	56.0		10
Massachusetts	1,071,109	36.9	1,803,800	62.0		12
Michigan	2,313,746	47.8	2,479,183	51.2		17
Minnesota	1,346,695	48.0	1,445,014	51.5		9¹
Mississippi	672,660	59.1	457,766	40.1	6
Missouri	1,455,713	53.3	1,259,171	46.1	11
Montana	266,063	59.1	173,710	38.6	3
Nebraska	512,814	66.0	254,328	32.7	5
Nevada	418,690	50.7	397,190	48.1	5
New Hampshire	331,237	49.0	340,511	50.4		4
New Jersey	1,670,003	46.2	1,911,430	53.0		15
New Mexico	376,930	49.8	370,942	49.0	5
New York	2,962,567	40.1	4,314,280	58.4		31
North Carolina	1,961,166	56.1	1,525,849	43.6	15
North Dakota	196,651	62.9	111,052	35.5	3
Ohio	2,859,764	50.8	2,741,165	48.7	20
Oklahoma	959,792	65.6	503,966	34.4	7
Oregon	866,831	47.4	943,163	51.6		7
Pennsylvania	2,793,847	48.5	2,938,095	51.0		21
Rhode Island	169,046	38.7	259,760	59.4		4
South Carolina	937,974	58.1	661,699	41.0	8
South Dakota	232,584	59.9	149,244	38.4	3
Tennessee	1,384,375	56.9	1,036,477	42.6	11
Texas	4,526,917	61.1	2,832,704	38.2	34
Utah	663,742	72.7	241,199	26.4	5
Vermont	121,180	38.8	184,067	58.9		3
Virginia	1,716,959	53.8	1,454,742	45.6	13
Washington	1,304,894	45.6	1,510,201	52.8		11
West Virginia	423,778	56.1	326,541	43.2	5
Wisconsin	1,478,120	49.4	1,489,504	49.7		10
Wyoming	167,629	69.0	70,776	29.1	3
Total	62,028,285	50.7	59,028,109	48.3	286	251

NOTE: Total electoral votes = 538. Total electoral votes needed to win = 270. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding and other candidates.

1. One Minnesota electoral vote was cast for John Edwards.

Source: Figures are from the Federal Election Commission, 2004 Official Presidential Election Results, Feb. 11, 2005.

Voting age population (United States Election Project for Nov. 2004): 221,256,931
Estimated number of voters in the 2004 election was 122,294,978.

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