George W. Bush carried Kansas R+25.4.

John Kerry (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in Kansas, 2004. The state ran 22.9 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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Kansas result

1,187,756 votes counted

Kerry (D)

434,993

36.6%

Bush (R)

736,456

62.0%

All others

16,307

1.4%

Margin

R+25.4

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2004 presidential election

Kansas, 2004

BushR+25.4

How it voted

Share of the 2004 vote

George W. Bush ✓Republican	62.0%	736,456
John KerryDemocratic	36.6%	434,993
OtherAll other candidates	1.4%	16,307

D+60

R+60

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

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Kansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2004 contest in context

Kansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−50.2%
1896	+3.7%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−38.7%
1908	−9.4%
1912	+18.8%
1916	+5.9%
1920	−32.2%
1924	−37.9%
1928	−45.0%
1932	+9.4%
1936	+7.7%
1940	−14.5%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−9.0%
1952	−38.3%
1956	−31.2%
1960	−21.3%
1964	+9.0%
1968	−20.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−24.6%
1984	−33.7%
1988	−13.2%
1992	−5.1%
1996	−18.2%
2000	−20.8%
2004	−25.4%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−21.6%
2016	−20.4%
2020	−14.7%
2024	−16.0%

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County results — 2004

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Allen County	R	−33.1%	1,922	3,867	5,873
Anderson County	R	−31.2%	1,295	2,500	3,863
Atchison County	R	−10.7%	3,120	3,880	7,118
Barber County	R	−49.7%	588	1,782	2,403
Barton County	R	−49.5%	2,874	8,666	11,706
Bourbon County	R	−32.2%	2,216	4,372	6,686
Brown County	R	−41.3%	1,268	3,092	4,418
Butler County	R	−41.6%	7,495	18,438	26,280
Chase County	R	−42.4%	418	1,055	1,501
Chautauqua County	R	−57.4%	404	1,529	1,960
Cherokee County	R	−23.8%	3,726	6,083	9,913
Cheyenne County	R	−61.1%	320	1,353	1,692
Clark County	R	−58.6%	257	1,014	1,291
Clay County	R	−59.4%	793	3,174	4,010
Cloud County	R	−44.7%	1,210	3,221	4,503
Coffey County	R	−49.1%	1,093	3,259	4,408
Comanche County	R	−58.1%	200	770	981
Cowley County	R	−31.8%	4,818	9,407	14,447
Crawford County	R	−6.1%	7,617	8,626	16,527
Decatur County	R	−57.5%	355	1,355	1,740
Dickinson County	R	−44.7%	2,364	6,295	8,791
Doniphan County	R	−39.6%	1,065	2,491	3,603
Douglas County	D	+16.1%	28,634	20,544	50,111
Edwards County	R	−46.7%	386	1,084	1,496
Elk County	R	−49.5%	369	1,119	1,515
Ellis County	R	−31.7%	4,033	7,891	12,187
Ellsworth County	R	−47.0%	801	2,259	3,102
Finney County	R	−51.6%	2,351	7,479	9,933
Ford County	R	−48.2%	2,286	6,632	9,016
Franklin County	R	−30.2%	3,921	7,391	11,476
Geary County	R	−29.6%	2,531	4,703	7,328
Gove County	R	−64.7%	247	1,196	1,467
Graham County	R	−51.9%	334	1,082	1,440
Grant County	R	−58.3%	561	2,169	2,758
Gray County	R	−62.7%	408	1,816	2,245
Greeley County	R	−60.7%	138	584	735
Greenwood County	R	−42.3%	911	2,282	3,244
Hamilton County	R	−58.3%	229	888	1,130
Harper County	R	−48.7%	727	2,154	2,930
Harvey County	R	−27.8%	5,331	9,534	15,110
Haskell County	R	−70.6%	227	1,356	1,599
Hodgeman County	R	−61.7%	223	953	1,183
Jackson County	R	−28.3%	2,064	3,730	5,888
Jefferson County	R	−24.5%	3,253	5,408	8,793
Jewell County	R	−58.0%	385	1,495	1,915
Johnson County	R	−23.3%	97,866	158,103	258,687
Kearny County	R	−62.2%	272	1,177	1,455
Kingman County	R	−50.4%	904	2,801	3,764
Kiowa County	R	−65.1%	256	1,275	1,565
Labette County	R	−19.5%	3,615	5,400	9,139
Lane County	R	−63.3%	181	823	1,014
Leavenworth County	R	−18.0%	11,039	15,949	27,331
Lincoln County	R	−54.3%	391	1,368	1,800
Linn County	R	−29.9%	1,631	3,048	4,741
Logan County	R	−66.1%	248	1,255	1,523
Lyon County	R	−20.2%	5,234	7,951	13,440
Marion County	R	−48.4%	1,536	4,516	6,159
Marshall County	R	−28.8%	1,789	3,261	5,108
McPherson County	R	−44.9%	3,589	9,595	13,367
Meade County	R	−65.6%	356	1,748	2,121
Miami County	R	−29.8%	4,838	9,013	14,016
Mitchell County	R	−57.2%	693	2,609	3,349
Montgomery County	R	−37.3%	4,338	9,598	14,116
Morris County	R	−35.1%	931	1,961	2,936
Morton County	R	−64.1%	276	1,287	1,576
Nemaha County	R	−48.9%	1,355	4,027	5,463
Neosho County	R	−31.5%	2,424	4,705	7,231
Ness County	R	−56.4%	382	1,407	1,818
Norton County	R	−62.3%	473	2,092	2,599
Osage County	R	−30.3%	2,537	4,800	7,463
Osborne County	R	−54.6%	454	1,587	2,075
Ottawa County	R	−58.5%	595	2,333	2,971
Pawnee County	R	−46.8%	773	2,172	2,988
Phillips County	R	−59.7%	557	2,256	2,847
Pottawatomie County	R	−47.0%	2,176	6,326	8,823
Pratt County	R	−43.8%	1,200	3,121	4,384
Rawlins County	R	−65.4%	289	1,414	1,720
Reno County	R	−31.6%	9,114	17,748	27,324
Republic County	R	−56.5%	607	2,238	2,889
Rice County	R	−46.9%	1,130	3,182	4,376
Riley County	R	−22.8%	7,908	12,672	20,911
Rooks County	R	−58.6%	534	2,121	2,710
Rush County	R	−39.6%	517	1,226	1,789
Russell County	R	−52.8%	810	2,671	3,525
Saline County	R	−32.9%	7,524	15,111	23,041
Scott County	R	−68.6%	347	1,924	2,299
Sedgwick County	R	−25.6%	64,839	110,381	177,679
Seward County	R	−57.9%	1,122	4,272	5,439
Shawnee County	R	−9.7%	36,264	44,188	81,577
Sheridan County	R	−64.4%	239	1,144	1,406
Sherman County	R	−52.7%	632	2,088	2,762
Smith County	R	−53.3%	540	1,803	2,370
Stafford County	R	−52.3%	506	1,649	2,186
Stanton County	R	−65.3%	165	796	966
Stevens County	R	−71.8%	310	1,936	2,265
Sumner County	R	−36.9%	3,217	7,092	10,488
Thomas County	R	−56.6%	816	3,007	3,870
Trego County	R	−46.9%	434	1,225	1,686
Wabaunsee County	R	−42.5%	1,001	2,531	3,604
Wallace County	R	−71.9%	112	742	876
Washington County	R	−58.2%	643	2,498	3,190
Wichita County	R	−64.6%	183	869	1,062
Wilson County	R	−50.1%	1,060	3,263	4,398
Woodson County	R	−38.2%	530	1,204	1,763
Wyandotte County	D	+31.8%	34,923	17,919	53,401