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2004 Presidential Election

See which candidate won each state and how those wins added up to the Electoral College result.

Electoral College · 1789–2024County popular vote · 2000–2024County atlas · available

Election rules

Modern Electoral College

Electoral result

286 EV · George W. Bush

Map dated

2004-11-02

Electoral College result

How the states voted

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Election-date state boundaries colored by exact stored electoral recipients. Split allocations use multiple colors.

This 2004 result uses the 2020 poll-closing chronology as a cinematic reference sequence, not historical 2004 polling or call timing.

Timing source: The Green Papers 2020 poll-closing chronology

Reference poll-close stream

Electoral Token Board

Token width reflects stored electoral votes

  1. GA
  2. VA
  3. IN
  4. KY
  5. SC
  6. VT
  7. OH
  8. NC
  9. WV
  10. FL
  11. IL
  12. PA
  13. NJ
  14. MA
  15. MO
  16. TN
  17. MD
  18. AL
  19. CT
  20. OK
  21. KS
  22. MS
  23. ME
  24. NH
  25. RI
  26. DC
  27. DE
  28. AR
  29. TX
  30. NY
  31. MI
  32. AZ
  33. MN
  34. MN
  35. WI
  36. CO
  37. LA
  38. NE
  39. NM
  40. SD
  41. WY
  42. IA
  43. NV
  44. UT
  45. MT
  46. CA
  47. WA
  48. OR
  49. ID
  50. ND
  51. HI
  52. AK

County results · 2000–2024

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  1. 1789First election
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  5. 1804Separate offices
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  13. 1836Electoral record
  14. 1840Electoral record
  15. 1844Electoral record
  16. 1848Electoral record
  17. 1852Electoral record
  18. 1856Electoral record
  19. 1860Electoral record
  20. 1864Electoral record
  21. 1868Electoral record
  22. 1872Electoral record
  23. 1876Electoral record
  24. 1880Electoral record
  25. 1884Electoral record
  26. 1888Electoral record
  27. 1892Electoral record
  28. 1896Electoral record
  29. 1900Electoral record
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  32. 1912Electoral record
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  41. 1948Electoral record
  42. 1952Electoral record
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  44. 1960Electoral record
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  53. 1996Electoral record
  54. 2000County detail begins
  55. 2004Electoral record
  56. 2008Electoral record
  57. 2012Electoral record
  58. 2016Electoral record
  59. 2020Electoral record
  60. 2024Latest stored cycle

Official result

Election summary

President
George W. Bush [R]
Main opponent
John F. Kerry [D]
Source note
During the counting of the vote in Congress, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) and Sen. Barabara Boxer (D-Calif.) raised objections to the Ohio Certificate of Vote alleging that the votes were not regularly given. Both houses voted to override the objection, 74 to 1 in the Senate and 267 to 31 in the House of Representatives.

State-by-state result

Electoral votes by state

A state appears more than once when its electoral votes were split between candidates.

StateCandidateElectoral votes
ALABAMA ALGeorge W. Bush, of Texas9
ALASKA AKGeorge W. Bush, of Texas3
ARIZONA AZGeorge W. Bush, of Texas10
ARKANSAS ARGeorge W. Bush, of Texas6
CALIFORNIA CAJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts55
COLORADO COGeorge W. Bush, of Texas9
CONNECTICUT CTJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts7
DELAWARE DEJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts3
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DCJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts3
FLORIDA FLGeorge W. Bush, of Texas27
GEORGIA GAGeorge W. Bush, of Texas15
HAWAII HIJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts4
IDAHO IDGeorge W. Bush, of Texas4
ILLINOIS ILJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts21
INDIANA INGeorge W. Bush, of Texas11
IOWA IAGeorge W. Bush, of Texas7
KANSAS KSGeorge W. Bush, of Texas6
KENTUCKY KYGeorge W. Bush, of Texas8
LOUISIANA LAGeorge W. Bush, of Texas9
MAINE MEJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts4
MARYLAND MDJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts10
MASSACHUSETTS MAJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts12
MICHIGAN MIJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts17
MINNESOTA MNJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts9
MINNESOTA MNJohn Edwards, of North Carolina1
MISSISSIPPI MSGeorge W. Bush, of Texas6
MISSOURI MOGeorge W. Bush, of Texas11
MONTANA MTGeorge W. Bush, of Texas3
NEBRASKA NEGeorge W. Bush, of Texas5
NEVADA NVGeorge W. Bush, of Texas5
NEW HAMPSHIRE NHJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts4
NEW JERSEY NJJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts15
NEW MEXICO NMGeorge W. Bush, of Texas5
NEW YORK NYJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts31
NORTH CAROLINA NCGeorge W. Bush, of Texas15
NORTH DAKOTA NDGeorge W. Bush, of Texas3
OHIO OHGeorge W. Bush, of Texas20
OKLAHOMA OKGeorge W. Bush, of Texas7
OREGON ORJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts7
PENNSYLVANIA PAJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts21
RHODE ISLAND RIJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts4
SOUTH CAROLINA SCGeorge W. Bush, of Texas8
SOUTH DAKOTA SDGeorge W. Bush, of Texas3
TENNESSEE TNGeorge W. Bush, of Texas11
TEXAS TXGeorge W. Bush, of Texas34
UTAH UTGeorge W. Bush, of Texas5
VERMONT VTJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts3
VIRGINIA VAGeorge W. Bush, of Texas13
WASHINGTON WAJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts11
WEST VIRGINIA WVGeorge W. Bush, of Texas5
WISCONSIN WIJohn F. Kerry, of Massachusetts10
WYOMING WYGeorge W. Bush, of Texas3

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Candidate identities
George W. Bush
Observed: George W. Bush, of Texas
John F. Kerry
Observed: John F. Kerry, of Massachusetts
John Edwards
Observed: John Edwards, of North Carolina
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Reference date
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Coverage and interpretation notes

  • Historical geometry is independently versioned

    The map uses a checksum-pinned, election-date geometry build while Electoral College allocations remain traced to the NARA fact tables.

  • County Shift Lab is available

    MEDSL county popular-vote facts are available in a separate truth-preserving layer. Only approved election-vintage geometry is mapped; special units and pending boundaries remain explicit.

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