John Kerry carried Minnesota D+3.5.

John Kerry (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in Minnesota, 2004. The state ran 5.9 points more Democratic than the nation (R+2.5 nationally).

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

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Minnesota result

2,828,387 votes counted

Kerry (D)

1,445,014

51.1%

Bush (R)

1,346,695

47.6%

All others

36,678

1.3%

Margin

D+3.5

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2004 presidential election

Minnesota, 2004

KerryD+3.5

How it voted

Share of the 2004 vote

John Kerry ✓Democratic	51.1%	1,445,014
George W. BushRepublican	47.6%	1,346,695
OtherAll other candidates	1.3%	36,678

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2004 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 2004

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	R	−2.4%	4,539	4,768	9,452
Anoka County	R	−6.7%	80,226	91,853	174,066
Becker County	R	−18.1%	6,756	9,795	16,801
Beltrami County	D	+1.7%	10,592	10,237	21,131
Benton County	R	−10.8%	8,059	10,043	18,384
Big Stone County	D	+1.7%	1,536	1,483	3,067
Blue Earth County	D	+3.4%	16,865	15,737	33,119
Brown County	R	−23.5%	5,158	8,395	13,778
Carlton County	D	+26.3%	11,462	6,642	18,334
Carver County	R	−26.5%	16,456	28,510	45,411
Cass County	R	−12.8%	6,835	8,875	15,910
Chippewa County	D	+5.1%	3,424	3,089	6,606
Chisago County	R	−12.3%	12,219	15,705	28,260
Clay County	R	−5.0%	12,989	14,365	27,737
Clearwater County	R	−13.0%	1,871	2,438	4,361
Cook County	D	+7.4%	1,733	1,489	3,303
Cottonwood County	R	−13.0%	2,726	3,557	6,369
Crow Wing County	R	−15.2%	14,005	19,106	33,545
Dakota County	R	−2.0%	104,635	108,959	215,846
Dodge County	R	−15.0%	4,117	5,593	9,868
Douglas County	R	−17.6%	8,219	11,793	20,309
Faribault County	R	−11.8%	3,767	4,794	8,681
Fillmore County	D	+1.1%	5,825	5,694	11,698
Freeborn County	D	+11.6%	9,733	7,681	17,666
Goodhue County	R	−4.0%	12,103	13,134	25,608
Grant County	R	−1.0%	1,856	1,893	3,819
Hennepin County	D	+19.9%	383,841	255,133	646,981
Houston County	R	−3.2%	5,276	5,631	11,082
Hubbard County	R	−15.0%	4,741	6,444	11,340
Isanti County	R	−17.1%	7,883	11,190	19,313
Itasca County	D	+10.6%	13,290	10,705	24,367
Jackson County	R	−6.4%	2,652	3,024	5,779
Kanabec County	R	−11.3%	3,592	4,527	8,248
Kandiyohi County	R	−11.1%	9,337	11,704	21,349
Kittson County	D	+1.0%	1,333	1,307	2,682
Koochiching County	D	+1.7%	3,662	3,539	7,309
Lac qui Parle County	D	+6.5%	2,390	2,093	4,541
Lake County	D	+20.4%	4,212	2,769	7,071
Lake of the Woods County	R	−21.1%	921	1,428	2,400
Le Sueur County	R	−8.9%	6,466	7,746	14,424
Lincoln County	R	−5.3%	1,558	1,736	3,342
Lyon County	R	−15.1%	5,292	7,203	12,673
Mahnomen County	D	+8.3%	1,339	1,132	2,508
Marshall County	R	−15.8%	2,308	3,187	5,562
Martin County	R	−15.6%	4,590	6,311	11,047
McLeod County	R	−25.5%	6,712	11,407	18,412
Meeker County	R	−12.7%	5,292	6,854	12,334
Mille Lacs County	R	−11.6%	5,677	7,194	13,065
Morrison County	R	−17.3%	6,794	9,698	16,758
Mower County	D	+23.5%	12,334	7,591	20,222
Murray County	R	−10.0%	2,218	2,719	4,998
Nicollet County	D	+0.6%	8,797	8,689	17,741
Nobles County	R	−13.7%	3,898	5,159	9,204
Norman County	D	+4.2%	1,954	1,794	3,810
Olmsted County	R	−5.7%	33,285	37,371	71,575
Otter Tail County	R	−23.9%	12,038	19,734	32,178
Pennington County	R	−9.3%	3,117	3,767	7,017
Pine County	D	+1.3%	7,228	7,033	14,518
Pipestone County	R	−23.2%	1,900	3,066	5,032
Polk County	R	−12.7%	6,729	8,724	15,668
Pope County	R	−0.0%	3,301	3,303	6,700
Ramsey County	D	+27.4%	171,846	97,096	272,577
Red Lake County	R	−9.2%	963	1,164	2,177
Redwood County	R	−22.0%	3,104	4,898	8,139
Renville County	R	−7.7%	3,787	4,430	8,349
Rice County	D	+8.3%	16,425	13,881	30,745
Rock County	R	−21.4%	2,000	3,111	5,191
Roseau County	R	−36.8%	2,442	5,355	7,911
Scott County	R	−19.9%	23,958	36,055	60,639
Sherburne County	R	−22.6%	15,816	25,182	41,454
Sibley County	R	−19.6%	3,109	4,669	7,949
St. Louis County	D	+31.7%	77,958	40,112	119,565
Stearns County	R	−12.0%	32,659	41,726	75,577
Steele County	R	−12.8%	7,994	10,389	18,695
Stevens County	R	−3.5%	2,821	3,030	5,949
Swift County	D	+11.9%	3,165	2,481	5,735
Todd County	R	−15.6%	5,034	6,945	12,214
Traverse County	R	−2.3%	1,026	1,076	2,141
Wabasha County	R	−4.8%	5,548	6,120	11,835
Wadena County	R	−20.1%	2,791	4,214	7,093
Waseca County	R	−13.0%	4,179	5,457	9,800
Washington County	R	−3.4%	61,395	65,751	128,449
Watonwan County	R	−8.2%	2,514	2,970	5,583
Wilkin County	R	−32.2%	1,169	2,303	3,527
Winona County	D	+5.6%	14,231	12,686	27,422
Wright County	R	−22.8%	22,618	36,176	59,534
Yellow Medicine County	R	−1.4%	2,799	2,878	5,758