George W. Bush carried Missouri R+7.2.

John Kerry (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in Missouri, 2004. The state ran 4.7 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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Missouri result

2,731,364 votes counted

Kerry (D)

1,259,171

46.1%

Bush (R)

1,455,713

53.3%

All others

16,480

0.6%

Margin

R+7.2

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2004 presidential election

Missouri, 2004

BushR+7.2

How it voted

Share of the 2004 vote

George W. Bush ✓Republican	53.3%	1,455,713
John KerryDemocratic	46.1%	1,259,171
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	16,480

D+60

R+60

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

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2004 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 2004

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−12.5%	4,938	6,367	11,404
Andrew County	R	−25.0%	3,069	5,135	8,266
Atchison County	R	−35.9%	1,005	2,137	3,156
Audrain County	R	−18.5%	4,318	6,294	10,683
Barry County	R	−38.6%	4,223	9,599	13,927
Barton County	R	−53.4%	1,373	4,572	5,991
Bates County	R	−19.0%	3,398	5,004	8,466
Benton County	R	−24.4%	3,381	5,575	9,009
Bollinger County	R	−39.8%	1,754	4,102	5,895
Boone County	R	−0.2%	37,643	37,801	76,046
Buchanan County	R	−5.3%	17,799	19,812	37,950
Butler County	R	−42.8%	4,666	11,696	16,441
Caldwell County	R	−22.2%	1,645	2,593	4,268
Callaway County	R	−25.6%	6,559	11,108	17,773
Camden County	R	−35.0%	6,296	13,122	19,519
Cape Girardeau County	R	−38.3%	10,568	23,814	34,565
Carroll County	R	−33.5%	1,568	3,155	4,741
Carter County	R	−30.0%	964	1,797	2,779
Cass County	R	−23.9%	16,681	27,253	44,217
Cedar County	R	−37.5%	1,910	4,238	6,203
Chariton County	R	−12.2%	1,892	2,421	4,340
Christian County	R	−41.6%	9,059	22,102	31,348
Clark County	R	−2.8%	1,794	1,899	3,736
Clay County	R	−6.8%	44,670	51,193	96,460
Clinton County	R	−11.8%	4,165	5,287	9,540
Cole County	R	−35.4%	11,753	24,752	36,701
Cooper County	R	−35.4%	2,400	5,058	7,508
Crawford County	R	−21.9%	3,632	5,686	9,381
Dade County	R	−45.5%	1,104	2,963	4,089
Dallas County	R	−32.8%	2,407	4,788	7,259
Daviess County	R	−25.0%	1,402	2,351	3,794
DeKalb County	R	−26.3%	1,707	2,941	4,686
Dent County	R	−39.7%	1,865	4,369	6,304
Douglas County	R	−43.6%	1,741	4,498	6,327
Dunklin County	R	−15.6%	4,901	6,720	11,677
Franklin County	R	−17.4%	18,556	26,429	45,318
Gasconade County	R	−33.4%	2,355	4,753	7,171
Gentry County	R	−26.7%	1,201	2,085	3,312
Greene County	R	−24.9%	46,657	77,885	125,266
Grundy County	R	−33.5%	1,561	3,172	4,808
Harrison County	R	−35.8%	1,279	2,729	4,048
Henry County	R	−17.5%	4,461	6,361	10,877
Hickory County	R	−15.4%	2,043	2,791	4,866
Holt County	R	−39.1%	811	1,864	2,691
Howard County	R	−19.2%	1,972	2,915	4,921
Howell County	R	−36.5%	5,118	11,097	16,379
Iron County	R	−6.8%	2,157	2,477	4,679
Jackson County	D	+16.8%	183,654	130,500	315,993
Jasper County	R	−41.8%	13,002	31,846	45,085
Jefferson County	R	−0.6%	46,057	46,624	93,264
Johnson County	R	−22.1%	7,790	12,257	20,236
Knox County	R	−22.5%	761	1,207	1,978
Laclede County	R	−42.8%	4,213	10,578	14,869
Lafayette County	R	−20.0%	6,412	9,656	16,182
Lawrence County	R	−42.3%	4,506	11,194	15,806
Lewis County	R	−23.9%	1,754	2,862	4,644
Lincoln County	R	−14.9%	8,368	11,316	19,839
Linn County	R	−16.6%	2,440	3,422	5,898
Livingston County	R	−27.6%	2,278	4,029	6,346
Macon County	R	−24.0%	2,856	4,673	7,570
Madison County	R	−19.0%	1,972	2,905	4,918
Maries County	R	−28.5%	1,563	2,825	4,424
Marion County	R	−26.1%	4,568	7,815	12,453
McDonald County	R	−41.8%	2,215	5,443	7,725
Mercer County	R	−34.4%	582	1,207	1,817
Miller County	R	−44.7%	2,959	7,797	10,831
Mississippi County	R	−10.0%	2,374	2,903	5,298
Moniteau County	R	−42.3%	1,913	4,743	6,691
Monroe County	R	−22.9%	1,647	2,632	4,307
Montgomery County	R	−24.6%	2,147	3,563	5,760
Morgan County	R	−29.7%	3,053	5,657	8,771
New Madrid County	R	−5.5%	3,716	4,154	7,907
Newton County	R	−44.5%	6,564	17,187	23,889
Nodaway County	R	−23.7%	3,830	6,226	10,119
Oregon County	R	−20.2%	1,823	2,769	4,673
Osage County	R	−49.5%	1,673	4,975	6,671
Ozark County	R	−32.3%	1,561	3,083	4,707
Pemiscot County	R	−0.2%	3,381	3,398	6,806
Perry County	R	−35.9%	2,621	5,583	8,247
Pettis County	R	−33.2%	5,801	11,603	17,496
Phelps County	R	−27.9%	6,666	11,874	18,700
Pike County	R	−8.0%	3,670	4,314	8,040
Platte County	R	−11.7%	18,412	23,302	41,970
Polk County	R	−38.6%	3,775	8,586	12,453
Pulaski County	R	−41.5%	3,551	8,618	12,221
Putnam County	R	−36.3%	772	1,660	2,445
Ralls County	R	−19.0%	2,031	2,986	5,034
Randolph County	R	−29.1%	3,586	6,551	10,198
Ray County	R	−5.9%	5,034	5,673	10,788
Reynolds County	R	−13.3%	1,449	1,896	3,364
Ripley County	R	−31.6%	1,907	3,693	5,653
Saline County	R	−9.2%	4,479	5,389	9,939
Schuyler County	R	−11.3%	894	1,124	2,031
Scotland County	R	−23.9%	828	1,352	2,197
Scott County	R	−30.2%	6,057	11,330	17,448
Shannon County	R	−21.4%	1,618	2,511	4,167
Shelby County	R	−30.8%	1,201	2,280	3,502
St. Charles County	R	−17.7%	66,855	95,826	163,488
St. Clair County	R	−25.3%	1,841	3,098	4,965
St. Francois County	R	−5.8%	10,748	12,087	22,933
St. Louis city	D	+61.1%	116,133	27,793	144,638
St. Louis County	D	+9.3%	295,284	244,969	542,983
Ste. Genevieve County	D	+6.0%	4,281	3,791	8,146
Stoddard County	R	−40.0%	3,946	9,242	13,252
Stone County	R	−39.2%	4,578	10,534	15,189
Sullivan County	R	−22.7%	1,178	1,880	3,089
Taney County	R	−41.4%	5,601	13,578	19,280
Texas County	R	−32.4%	3,664	7,234	11,018
Vernon County	R	−28.1%	3,206	5,732	8,992
Warren County	R	−18.0%	5,461	7,883	13,432
Washington County	R	−2.0%	4,459	4,641	9,178
Wayne County	R	−26.9%	2,250	3,919	6,204
Webster County	R	−37.1%	4,657	10,194	14,944
Worth County	R	−22.5%	436	691	1,132
Wright County	R	−46.8%	2,188	6,090	8,346