George W. Bush carried Indiana R+20.7.

John Kerry (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in Indiana, 2004. The state ran 18.2 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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Indiana result

2,468,002 votes counted

Kerry (D)

969,011

39.3%

Bush (R)

1,479,438

59.9%

All others

19,553

0.8%

Margin

R+20.7

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2004 presidential election

Indiana, 2004

BushR+20.7

How it voted

Share of the 2004 vote

George W. Bush ✓Republican	59.9%	1,479,438
John KerryDemocratic	39.3%	969,011
OtherAll other candidates	0.8%	19,553

D+60

R+60

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

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Indiana's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2004 contest in context

Indiana's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+1.2%
1896	−2.9%
1900	−3.8%
1904	−13.8%
1908	−1.5%
1912	+20.0%
1916	−0.9%
1920	−14.6%
1924	−16.6%
1928	−20.1%
1932	+11.7%
1936	+14.7%
1940	−1.4%
1944	−5.7%
1948	−0.8%
1952	−17.1%
1956	−20.2%
1960	−10.4%
1964	+12.4%
1968	−12.3%
1972	−32.8%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−18.4%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−20.2%
1992	−6.1%
1996	−5.6%
2000	−15.6%
2004	−20.7%
2008	+1.0%
2012	−10.2%
2016	−19.0%
2020	−16.1%
2024	−18.9%

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County results — 2004

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−46.6%	3,512	9,734	13,340
Allen County	R	−27.2%	46,710	82,013	129,609
Bartholomew County	R	−34.7%	9,191	19,093	28,515
Benton County	R	−41.6%	1,135	2,797	3,992
Blackford County	R	−28.7%	1,903	3,447	5,380
Boone County	R	−49.9%	5,636	17,055	22,898
Brown County	R	−24.3%	2,730	4,512	7,330
Carroll County	R	−36.8%	2,689	5,868	8,638
Cass County	R	−37.1%	4,315	9,480	13,931
Clark County	R	−16.2%	17,648	24,495	42,337
Clay County	R	−37.4%	3,333	7,361	10,783
Clinton County	R	−43.2%	3,335	8,471	11,877
Crawford County	R	−14.8%	1,932	2,609	4,574
Daviess County	R	−50.6%	2,573	7,936	10,599
Dearborn County	R	−36.4%	6,596	14,231	20,969
Decatur County	R	−47.8%	2,621	7,499	10,199
DeKalb County	R	−36.7%	4,810	10,468	15,403
Delaware County	R	−13.8%	20,436	27,064	47,939
Dubois County	R	−38.2%	5,210	11,726	17,066
Elkhart County	R	−40.7%	17,966	42,967	61,380
Fayette County	R	−22.5%	3,626	5,761	9,468
Floyd County	R	−17.8%	13,857	19,877	33,890
Fountain County	R	−35.7%	2,477	5,260	7,804
Franklin County	R	−40.6%	2,925	6,977	9,992
Fulton County	R	−39.3%	2,607	6,027	8,703
Gibson County	R	−25.7%	5,378	9,133	14,614
Grant County	R	−37.4%	8,509	18,769	27,460
Greene County	R	−30.0%	4,606	8,609	13,352
Hamilton County	R	−49.1%	26,388	77,887	104,906
Hancock County	R	−49.7%	6,912	20,771	27,867
Harrison County	R	−28.0%	6,171	11,015	17,310
Hendricks County	R	−47.6%	13,548	38,430	52,302
Henry County	R	−29.1%	7,176	13,137	20,504
Howard County	R	−28.9%	12,998	23,714	37,021
Huntington County	R	−49.5%	3,877	11,617	15,627
Jackson County	R	−36.7%	5,092	11,083	16,309
Jasper County	R	−37.0%	3,678	8,056	11,844
Jay County	R	−32.6%	2,740	5,427	8,232
Jefferson County	R	−20.4%	5,117	7,763	12,971
Jennings County	R	−31.6%	3,538	6,864	10,517
Johnson County	R	−48.1%	13,109	37,765	51,255
Knox County	R	−27.6%	5,649	9,990	15,746
Kosciusko County	R	−57.0%	5,977	22,136	28,360
LaGrange County	R	−43.4%	2,523	6,430	9,003
Lake County	D	+22.8%	114,743	71,903	188,022
LaPorte County	D	+0.5%	21,114	20,916	42,606
Lawrence County	R	−38.8%	5,346	12,207	17,698
Madison County	R	−19.4%	21,882	32,526	54,855
Marion County	D	+1.9%	162,249	156,072	320,838
Marshall County	R	−36.4%	5,593	12,074	17,814
Martin County	R	−37.9%	1,522	3,414	4,996
Miami County	R	−41.9%	3,886	9,600	13,628
Monroe County	D	+8.2%	26,965	22,834	50,467
Montgomery County	R	−50.6%	3,536	10,901	14,548
Morgan County	R	−48.2%	6,650	19,197	26,029
Newton County	R	−29.5%	2,032	3,757	5,848
Noble County	R	−39.3%	4,703	10,859	15,679
Ohio County	R	−22.2%	1,139	1,796	2,958
Orange County	R	−32.3%	2,885	5,683	8,652
Owen County	R	−32.4%	2,536	5,000	7,604
Parke County	R	−31.4%	2,362	4,550	6,971
Perry County	R	−0.1%	4,131	4,137	8,315
Pike County	R	−21.4%	2,418	3,745	6,212
Porter County	R	−8.3%	29,388	34,794	64,873
Posey County	R	−31.3%	4,085	7,833	11,986
Pulaski County	R	−36.5%	1,750	3,797	5,614
Putnam County	R	−36.6%	4,103	8,908	13,136
Randolph County	R	−30.3%	3,812	7,172	11,092
Ripley County	R	−39.8%	3,510	8,224	11,834
Rush County	R	−45.3%	2,000	5,363	7,421
Scott County	R	−11.2%	3,822	4,793	8,677
Shelby County	R	−42.9%	4,519	11,397	16,027
Spencer County	R	−20.3%	3,920	5,934	9,924
St. Joseph County	R	−2.4%	52,637	55,254	108,619
Starke County	R	−9.6%	3,987	4,846	8,937
Steuben County	R	−31.7%	4,345	8,433	12,905
Sullivan County	R	−19.8%	3,341	4,999	8,394
Switzerland County	R	−18.6%	1,479	2,161	3,671
Tippecanoe County	R	−19.2%	20,818	30,897	52,360
Tipton County	R	−43.4%	2,203	5,628	7,892
Union County	R	−36.5%	1,045	2,266	3,344
Vanderburgh County	R	−18.0%	28,767	41,463	70,654
Vermillion County	R	−1.6%	3,424	3,536	7,017
Vigo County	R	−6.4%	18,426	20,988	39,744
Wabash County	R	−41.8%	3,920	9,607	13,602
Warren County	R	−30.5%	1,356	2,565	3,960
Warrick County	R	−30.5%	8,980	16,930	26,025
Washington County	R	−27.9%	3,879	6,915	10,880
Wayne County	R	−21.0%	10,775	16,586	27,657
Wells County	R	−49.0%	3,112	9,168	12,354
White County	R	−35.7%	3,277	6,974	10,366
Whitley County	R	−41.8%	3,880	9,512	13,481