United States general elections, 2004
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On November 2, 2004, the United States had a general election.
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[edit] President
George W. Bush was re-elected to a second term.
| Candidate | Votes | % | States led | National ECV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican George W. Bush | 62,040,610 | 50.73 | 31 | 286 |
| Democrat John Kerry | 59,028,444 | 48.27 | 19+DC | 251 |
| Independent Ralph Nader | 465,650 | 0.38 | - | - |
| Libertarian Michael Badnarik | 397,265 | 0.32 | - | - |
| Constitution Michael Peroutka | 143,630 | 0.12 | - | - |
| Green David Cobb | 119,859 | 0.096 | - | - |
| Peace and Freedom Leonard Peltier | 27,607 | 0.023 | - | - |
| Socialist Walt Brown | 10,837 | 0.009 | - | - |
| Socialist Workers Roger Calero, James Harris | 10,800 | 0.009 | - | - |
| None of these candidates (Nevada) | 3,688 | 0.003 | - | - |
| Thomas Harens | 2,387 | 0.002 | - | - |
| Prohibition Gene Amondson | 1,944 | 0.002 | - | - |
| Bill Van Auken | 1,857 | 0.002 | - | - |
| Workers World John Parker | 1,646 | 0.001 | - | - |
| Charles Jay | 946 | 0.001 | - | - |
| Stanford Andress | 804 | 0.001 | - | - |
| Prohibition Earl Dodge | 140 | 0.000 | - | - |
| Democrat John Edwards | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total | 122,267,553 | 100.000 | 50 + DC | 538 |
[edit] United States House of Representatives
Republicans gained a couple of seats in the House, mainly due to the 2003 Texas redistricting.
| Parties | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20021 | 2004 | +/- | Strength | Vote | % | Change | ||
| Republican Party | 229 | 232 | +3 | 53.3% | 55,713,412 | 49.2% | -0.4% | |
| Democratic Party | 204 | 202 | -2 | 46.4% | 52,745,121 | 46.6% | +1.6% | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.2% | 674,202 | 0.6% | +0.1% | |
| Libertarian Party | - | - | - | - | 1,040,465 | 0.9% | -0.5% | |
| Green Party | - | - | - | - | 331,298 | 0.3% | -0.1% | |
| Independence Party | - | - | - | - | 246,070 | 0.2% | 0.0% | |
| Working Families Party | - | - | - | - | 145,979 | 0.1% | N/A | |
| Constitution Party | - | - | - | - | 132,613 | 0.1% | 0.0% | |
| Reform Party | - | - | - | - | 85,539 | 0.1% | +0.1% | |
| Other parties | - | - | - | - | 2,063,606 | 1.8% | -0.8% | |
| Total | 434 | 435 | 0 | 100.0% | 113,192,286 | 100.0% | – | |
| Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk | ||||||||
1 Vacancy due to death of Patsy Mink (D-Hawaii).
[edit] United States Senate
The 34 seats in the United States Senate Class 3 were up for election. Republicans had a net gain of 4 seats.
| Parties | Breakdown | Total Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up | Elected | Not Up | 2002 | 2004 | +/- | Vote | % | ||
| Republican Party | 15 | 19 | 36 | 51 | 55 | +4 | 39,920,562 | 45.3% | |
| Democratic Party | 19 | 15 | 29 | 48 | 44 | -4 | 44,754,618 | 50.8% | |
| Independent | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 186,231 | 0.2% | |
| Libertarian Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | 754,861 | 0.9% | |
| Constitution Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | 301,402 | 0.3% | |
| Independence Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | 220,121 | 0.2% | |
| Green Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | 157,533 | 0.2% | |
| Reform Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22,461 | 0.0% | |
| Socialist Workers Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16,685 | 0.0% | |
| Other parties | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,762,873 | 2.0% | |
| Total | 34 | 34 | 66 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 88,097,347 | 100.0% | |
| Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives | |||||||||
[edit] Governors
| Preceded by 2003 |
United States general elections 2004 |
Succeeded by 2005 |
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