2004 United States presidential election
Also known as United States presidential election of 2004, 2004 US presidential election, US presidential election 2004, 56th US presidential election, United States presidential election, 2004
55th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
Key facts
- Turnout
- 60.1% 5.9 pp
- Nominee
- George W. Bush
- Party
- Republican
- Home state
- Texas
- Running mate
- Dick Cheney
- Popular vote
- 62,040,610
- Percentage
- 50.7%
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- United States presidential election, 2004
- point in time
- 2004-11-02
- eligible voters
- 219508000
~40 min read
Article
Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Bush/Cheney and blue denotes those won by Kerry/Edwards. Light blue represents the sole electoral vote for John Edwards by a Minnesota faithless elector. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Republican president George W. Bush and his running mate, incumbent vice president Dick Cheney, were elected to a second term. They narrowly defeated the Democratic ticket of Massachusetts junior senator John Kerry and North Carolina senior senator John Edwards.