Elections / 2004 · President

George W. Bush defeated John Kerry.

John Kerry (D) vs George W. Bush (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: John Kerry (D) · George W. Bush (R)

National popular vote

122,267,860 votes counted

Kerry (D)

59,015,485

48.3%

Bush (R)

62,020,368

50.7%

All others

1,232,004

1.0%

Margin

R+2.5

The county map

3,143 county-level results on record for 2004

Democrats carried 588 counties, Republicans 2,555. 227 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Smith County, TN (R+30.1 swing) · McPherson County, SD (D+30.0 swing) · Walker County, AL (R+28.5 swing) · San Miguel County, CO (D+27.7 swing) · Ziebach County, SD (D+27.1 swing) · Bennett County, SD (D+25.5 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alaska	R	−25.9%	99,058	171,718	280,231
Alabama	R	−25.6%	693,933	1,176,394	1,883,449
Arkansas	R	−9.8%	469,953	572,898	1,054,945
Arizona	R	−10.5%	893,524	1,104,294	2,016,102
California	D	+9.9%	6,745,485	5,509,826	12,421,859
Colorado	R	−4.7%	1,001,725	1,101,256	2,130,325
Connecticut	D	+10.4%	857,468	693,806	1,578,729
District of Columbia	D	+79.8%	202,970	21,256	227,586
Delaware	D	+7.6%	200,152	171,660	375,270
Florida	R	−5.0%	3,583,544	3,964,522	7,609,810
Georgia	R	−16.6%	1,366,149	1,914,254	3,304,481
Hawaii	D	+8.7%	231,335	194,116	428,555
Iowa	R	−0.7%	741,898	751,957	1,506,908
Idaho	R	−38.1%	181,098	409,235	598,447
Illinois	D	+10.3%	2,891,550	2,345,946	5,274,322
Indiana	R	−20.7%	969,011	1,479,438	2,468,002
Kansas	R	−25.4%	434,993	736,456	1,187,756
Kentucky	R	−19.9%	712,733	1,069,439	1,796,079
Louisiana	R	−14.5%	820,299	1,102,169	1,943,106
Massachusetts	D	+25.2%	1,803,800	1,071,109	2,912,388
Maryland	D	+13.0%	1,334,493	1,024,703	2,386,678
Maine	D	+9.0%	396,842	330,201	740,752
Michigan	D	+3.4%	2,479,183	2,313,746	4,839,252
Minnesota	D	+3.5%	1,445,014	1,346,695	2,828,387
Missouri	R	−7.2%	1,259,171	1,455,713	2,731,364
Mississippi	R	−19.7%	458,094	684,981	1,152,365
Montana	R	−20.5%	173,710	266,063	450,445
North Carolina	R	−12.4%	1,525,849	1,961,166	3,501,007
North Dakota	R	−27.4%	111,052	196,651	312,833
Nebraska	R	−33.2%	254,328	512,814	778,186
New Hampshire	D	+1.4%	340,511	331,237	677,558
New Jersey	D	+6.7%	1,911,430	1,670,003	3,612,137
New Mexico	R	−0.8%	370,942	376,930	756,304
Nevada	R	−2.6%	397,190	418,690	829,587
New York	D	+18.3%	4,314,280	2,962,567	7,391,954
Ohio	R	−2.1%	2,741,167	2,859,768	5,627,908
Oklahoma	R	−31.1%	503,966	959,792	1,463,758
Oregon	D	+4.2%	943,163	866,831	1,836,782
Pennsylvania	D	+2.5%	2,938,095	2,793,847	5,766,120
Rhode Island	D	+20.8%	259,760	169,046	437,134
South Carolina	R	−17.1%	661,699	937,974	1,617,730
South Dakota	R	−21.3%	149,974	232,646	389,000
Tennessee	R	−14.3%	1,035,160	1,383,336	2,434,949
Texas	R	−22.9%	2,832,704	4,526,917	7,410,765
Utah	R	−45.5%	241,199	663,742	927,844
Virginia	R	−8.2%	1,454,742	1,716,959	3,198,367
Vermont	D	+20.1%	184,067	121,180	312,309
Washington	D	+7.2%	1,510,201	1,304,894	2,861,713
Wisconsin	D	+0.4%	1,489,504	1,478,120	2,997,007
West Virginia	R	−12.9%	326,541	423,778	755,887
Wyoming	R	−39.8%	70,776	167,629	243,428