George W. Bush carried Georgia R+16.6.

John Kerry (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in Georgia, 2004. The state ran 14.1 points more Republican than the nation (R+2.5 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2004 ballot here.

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

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Georgia result

3,304,481 votes counted

Kerry (D)

1,366,149

41.3%

Bush (R)

1,914,254

57.9%

All others

24,078

0.7%

Margin

R+16.6

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2004 presidential election

Georgia, 2004

BushR+16.6

How it voted

Share of the 2004 vote

George W. Bush ✓Republican	57.9%	1,914,254
John KerryDemocratic	41.3%	1,366,149
OtherAll other candidates	0.7%	24,078

D+60

R+60

159 counties, each filled by 2004 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Georgia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2004 contest in context

Georgia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+36.3%
1896	+21.0%
1900	+38.7%
1904	+45.9%
1908	+23.4%
1912	+72.4%
1916	+72.9%
1920	+42.3%
1924	+55.9%
1928	+12.0%
1932	+83.8%
1936	+74.5%
1940	+69.9%
1944	+63.5%
1948	+42.5%
1952	+39.3%
1956	+34.1%
1960	+25.1%
1964	−8.3%
1968	−3.7%
1972	−50.6%
1976	+33.9%
1980	+14.8%
1984	−20.4%
1988	−20.3%
1992	+0.6%
1996	−1.2%
2000	−11.7%
2004	−16.6%
2008	−5.2%
2012	−7.8%
2016	−5.1%
2020	+0.3%
2024	−2.2%

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County results — 2004

159 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Appling County	R	−41.5%	1,848	4,494	6,373
Atkinson County	R	−35.1%	799	1,666	2,473
Bacon County	R	−50.7%	930	2,853	3,792
Baker County	D	+6.5%	936	821	1,765
Baldwin County	R	−6.4%	6,775	7,709	14,575
Banks County	R	−58.3%	1,149	4,410	5,592
Barrow County	R	−53.1%	4,095	13,520	17,750
Bartow County	R	−48.1%	7,741	22,311	30,291
Ben Hill County	R	−20.8%	2,180	3,331	5,545
Berrien County	R	−40.7%	1,638	3,917	5,606
Bibb County	D	+2.1%	29,322	28,107	57,788
Bleckley County	R	−42.2%	1,281	3,167	4,471
Brantley County	R	−54.7%	1,258	4,333	5,626
Brooks County	R	−14.1%	2,193	2,912	5,117
Bryan County	R	−47.8%	2,590	7,363	9,994
Bulloch County	R	−28.2%	6,840	12,252	19,212
Burke County	R	−0.2%	4,213	4,232	8,487
Butts County	R	−32.9%	2,572	5,119	7,742
Calhoun County	D	+11.3%	1,119	890	2,019
Camden County	R	−34.2%	4,637	9,488	14,193
Candler County	R	−30.2%	1,096	2,048	3,155
Carroll County	R	−41.3%	10,224	24,837	35,347
Catoosa County	R	−47.4%	5,807	16,406	22,341
Charlton County	R	−36.8%	1,064	2,311	3,391
Chatham County	D	+0.2%	45,630	45,484	91,671
Chattahoochee County	R	−7.8%	773	905	1,690
Chattooga County	R	−27.8%	2,809	4,992	7,862
Cherokee County	R	−58.9%	14,824	58,238	73,727
Clarke County	D	+17.8%	21,718	15,052	37,443
Clay County	D	+22.1%	798	509	1,310
Clayton County	D	+41.4%	56,113	23,106	79,643
Clinch County	R	−33.1%	750	1,501	2,268
Cobb County	R	−24.8%	103,955	173,467	280,061
Coffee County	R	−35.1%	3,979	8,306	12,333
Colquitt County	R	−41.8%	3,378	8,296	11,752
Columbia County	R	−51.1%	11,442	35,549	47,203
Cook County	R	−27.6%	1,733	3,065	4,822
Coweta County	R	−49.4%	10,647	31,682	42,609
Crawford County	R	−29.0%	1,552	2,830	4,408
Crisp County	R	−24.1%	2,357	3,865	6,254
Dade County	R	−40.7%	1,823	4,368	6,255
Dawson County	R	−64.5%	1,407	6,649	8,121
Decatur County	R	−19.8%	3,577	5,348	8,956
DeKalb County	D	+46.0%	200,787	73,570	276,771
Dodge County	R	−31.4%	2,384	4,584	6,996
Dooly County	D	+3.1%	1,973	1,853	3,846
Dougherty County	D	+18.1%	19,805	13,711	33,687
Douglas County	R	−23.4%	15,997	25,846	42,124
Early County	R	−18.8%	1,701	2,495	4,219
Echols County	R	−53.1%	231	757	991
Effingham County	R	−54.9%	3,613	12,503	16,182
Elbert County	R	−21.4%	2,984	4,626	7,668
Emanuel County	R	−25.3%	2,774	4,666	7,473
Evans County	R	−30.7%	1,213	2,291	3,516
Fannin County	R	−42.8%	2,727	6,862	9,664
Fayette County	R	−42.7%	14,887	37,346	52,624
Floyd County	R	−35.9%	10,038	21,400	31,676
Forsyth County	R	−66.9%	9,201	47,267	56,919
Franklin County	R	−39.6%	2,245	5,218	7,515
Fulton County	D	+19.3%	199,436	134,372	336,741
Gilmer County	R	−48.9%	2,510	7,414	10,023
Glascock County	R	−60.3%	250	1,016	1,270
Glynn County	R	−34.8%	8,962	18,608	27,739
Gordon County	R	−48.4%	4,028	11,671	15,797
Grady County	R	−24.1%	3,092	5,068	8,201
Greene County	R	−18.8%	2,774	4,069	6,877
Gwinnett County	R	−32.2%	81,708	160,445	244,343
Habersham County	R	−57.9%	2,750	10,434	13,276
Hall County	R	−57.0%	10,514	38,883	49,792
Hancock County	D	+53.2%	2,715	822	3,555
Haralson County	R	−51.6%	2,434	7,703	10,209
Harris County	R	−44.3%	3,400	8,878	12,362
Hart County	R	−22.4%	3,479	5,500	9,032
Heard County	R	−41.5%	1,148	2,788	3,956
Henry County	R	−33.7%	21,096	42,759	64,235
Houston County	R	−32.7%	15,054	29,862	45,226
Irwin County	R	−37.9%	1,051	2,347	3,418
Jackson County	R	−56.4%	3,468	12,611	16,202
Jasper County	R	−33.7%	1,558	3,157	4,743
Jeff Davis County	R	−46.9%	1,277	3,549	4,845
Jefferson County	D	+5.8%	3,447	3,066	6,539
Jenkins County	R	−11.9%	1,494	1,898	3,405
Johnson County	R	−28.6%	1,263	2,279	3,555
Jones County	R	−28.4%	3,855	6,939	10,858
Lamar County	R	−24.5%	2,432	4,027	6,499
Lanier County	R	−27.4%	931	1,641	2,589
Laurens County	R	−26.7%	6,281	10,883	17,261
Lee County	R	−57.7%	2,182	8,201	10,428
Liberty County	D	+3.8%	6,619	6,131	12,809
Lincoln County	R	−26.6%	1,337	2,309	3,658
Long County	R	−31.6%	1,033	1,994	3,041
Lowndes County	R	−20.4%	12,516	18,981	31,684
Lumpkin County	R	−51.8%	2,091	6,690	8,878
Macon County	D	+22.1%	2,906	1,851	4,780
Madison County	R	−48.0%	2,527	7,254	9,856
Marion County	R	−13.4%	1,275	1,670	2,957
McDuffie County	R	−25.0%	2,899	4,846	7,780
McIntosh County	R	−5.8%	2,523	2,837	5,382
Meriwether County	R	−8.5%	3,709	4,402	8,155
Miller County	R	−39.2%	736	1,694	2,442
Mitchell County	R	−7.2%	3,360	3,885	7,272
Monroe County	R	−33.8%	3,216	6,522	9,794
Montgomery County	R	−36.1%	1,007	2,150	3,170
Morgan County	R	−35.8%	2,304	4,902	7,247
Murray County	R	−45.3%	2,899	7,745	10,700
Muscogee County	D	+3.1%	32,867	30,850	64,052
Newton County	R	−24.5%	10,939	18,095	29,191
Oconee County	R	−45.7%	3,789	10,276	14,199
Oglethorpe County	R	−31.7%	1,899	3,688	5,638
Paulding County	R	−52.9%	9,420	30,843	40,514
Peach County	R	−6.9%	3,961	4,554	8,554
Pickens County	R	−53.3%	2,444	8,115	10,639
Pierce County	R	−58.2%	1,234	4,680	5,925
Pike County	R	−54.6%	1,506	5,193	6,749
Polk County	R	−37.0%	3,868	8,467	12,420
Pulaski County	R	−25.8%	1,294	2,202	3,517
Putnam County	R	−28.4%	2,880	5,188	8,118
Quitman County	D	+13.9%	543	409	965
Rabun County	R	−41.1%	1,918	4,650	6,643
Randolph County	D	+6.4%	1,612	1,418	3,050
Richmond County	D	+13.7%	39,262	29,764	69,376
Rockdale County	R	−21.5%	12,136	18,856	31,206
Schley County	R	−39.1%	464	1,063	1,532
Screven County	R	−13.9%	2,534	3,360	5,928
Seminole County	R	−21.3%	1,278	1,977	3,281
Spalding County	R	−28.5%	7,460	13,461	21,036
Stephens County	R	−43.3%	2,714	6,904	9,674
Stewart County	D	+20.8%	1,220	797	2,032
Sumter County	R	−1.1%	5,562	5,688	11,298
Talbot County	D	+24.7%	1,830	1,103	2,947
Taliaferro County	D	+29.1%	612	335	951
Tattnall County	R	−44.3%	1,787	4,657	6,474
Taylor County	R	−13.4%	1,458	1,912	3,383
Telfair County	R	−15.4%	1,590	2,171	3,776
Terrell County	D	+2.4%	1,951	1,859	3,827
Thomas County	R	−23.3%	5,997	9,659	15,733
Tift County	R	−37.9%	3,864	8,619	12,537
Toombs County	R	−41.1%	2,567	6,196	8,820
Towns County	R	−45.3%	1,430	3,823	5,285
Treutlen County	R	−23.1%	1,052	1,691	2,762
Troup County	R	−29.9%	7,630	14,183	21,939
Turner County	R	−22.9%	1,135	1,815	2,965
Twiggs County	D	+2.5%	2,220	2,112	4,369
Union County	R	−48.9%	2,327	6,847	9,245
Upson County	R	−31.8%	3,424	6,634	10,094
Walker County	R	−43.5%	5,986	15,340	21,502
Walton County	R	−56.8%	5,887	21,594	27,647
Ware County	R	−38.4%	3,449	7,790	11,291
Warren County	D	+9.6%	1,360	1,121	2,489
Washington County	R	−4.4%	3,733	4,081	7,858
Wayne County	R	−43.3%	2,683	6,819	9,562
Webster County	D	+3.0%	515	485	1,008
Wheeler County	R	−16.8%	847	1,192	2,054
White County	R	−56.7%	2,016	7,403	9,504
Whitfield County	R	−46.8%	6,933	19,297	26,399
Wilcox County	R	−30.7%	902	1,705	2,616
Wilkes County	R	−10.2%	2,028	2,490	4,548
Wilkinson County	R	−0.6%	2,235	2,261	4,518
Worth County	R	−39.2%	2,219	5,105	7,356