United States presidential election, 2004, in Iowa

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Iowa narrowly voted for Al Gore in 2000, but in 2004, the incumbent George W. Bush won with a 0.67% lead. Iowa is traditionally a swing state—the Democrats had won Iowa in the last four elections, but narrowly in all of them.


Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
George W. Bush of Texas Richard Cheney of Wyoming Republican 7 751,957 49.90%
John Kerry of Massachusetts John Edwards of North Carolina Democrat 0 741,898 49.23%
Ralph Nader of Connecticut Peter Miguel Camejo of California Nom. Petition 0 5,973 0.40%
Others - - 0 7,080 0.47%
Other elections: 2000, 2004, 2008

Statewide winner in bold. See main article : U.S. presidential election, 2004.

County John Kerry George Bush Other
Percentage Count Percentage Count Percentage Count
Adair 43.1% 1,844 56.1% 2,402 0.7% 32
Adams 42.0% 977 56.6% 1,317 1.3% 31
Allamakee 48.8% 3,449 50.0% 3,530 1.2% 83
Appanoose 47.5% 3,063 51.8% 3,340 0.7% 47
Audubon 44.8% 1,608 54.5% 1,958 0.7% 26
Benton 50.0% 6,747 49.3% 6,658 0.7% 96
Black Hawk 55.4% 35,392 43.9% 28,046 0.7% 469
Boone 50.2% 7,027 49.0% 6,870 0.8% 112
Bremer 47.1% 6,025 52.2% 6,665 0.7% 89
Buchanan 53.5% 5,608 45.8% 4,797 0.7% 70
Buena Vista 41.5% 3,520 57.6% 4,887 1.0% 83
Butler 40.1% 3,001 59.1% 4,417 0.8% 57
Calhoun 40.5% 2,243 58.7% 3,255 0.8% 44
Carroll 44.6% 4,689 54.8% 5,762 0.7% 73
Cass 35.5% 2,679 63.6% 4,796 0.9% 68
Cedar 49.0% 4,747 50.2% 4,869 0.8% 78
Cerro Gordo 54.5% 13,372 44.7% 10,960 0.8% 184
Cherokee 44.0% 2,988 55.3% 3,758 0.7% 50
Chickasaw 54.5% 3,708 44.7% 3,040 0.9% 58
Clarke 50.9% 2,323 48.2% 2,200 0.9% 43
Clay 41.3% 3,547 57.0% 4,898 1.7% 143
Clayton 51.7% 4,736 47.0% 4,312 1.3% 120
Clinton 56.0% 13,813 43.2% 10,666 0.8% 205
Crawford 44.5% 3,220 54.6% 3,955 0.9% 67
Dallas 41.5% 10,917 57.7% 15,183 0.7% 193
Davis 44.2% 1,731 54.8% 2,148 1.0% 39
Decatur 46.3% 1,859 52.1% 2,088 1.6% 64
Delaware 45.9% 4,227 53.3% 4,908 0.7% 65
Des Moines 59.7% 12,456 39.4% 8,221 0.9% 197
Dickinson 43.3% 4,140 55.9% 5,337 0.8% 76
Dubuque 56.5% 26,561 42.7% 20,100 0.8% 382
Emmet 46.6% 2,405 52.3% 2,697 1.0% 54
Fayette 49.9% 5,185 49.3% 5,128 0.8% 79
Floyd 53.3% 4,349 45.9% 3,745 0.9% 73
Franklin 42.4% 2,340 56.7% 3,128 1.0% 53
Fremont 38.6% 1,510 60.4% 2,362 1.0% 39
Greene 48.1% 2,459 51.2% 2,618 0.7% 36
Grundy 34.8% 2,386 64.7% 4,429 0.5% 34
Guthrie 43.6% 2,614 55.5% 3,325 0.9% 55
Hamilton 46.7% 3,895 52.4% 4,367 0.9% 73
Hancock 42.1% 2,484 57.0% 3,368 0.9% 53
Hardin 44.9% 4,015 54.5% 4,875 0.7% 59
Harrison 37.8% 2,906 60.9% 4,680 1.2% 94
Henry 43.6% 4,127 55.2% 5,220 1.2% 110
Howard 55.7% 2,614 43.2% 2,028 1.2% 55
Humboldt 40.1% 2,146 59.1% 3,162 0.8% 42
Ida 37.5% 1,415 62.1% 2,342 0.5% 17
Iowa 45.4% 3,841 53.7% 4,544 0.8% 69
Jackson 56.5% 5,656 42.4% 4,242 1.1% 113
Jasper 52.0% 10,430 47.2% 9,462 0.8% 170
Jefferson 54.2% 4,490 44.1% 3,648 1.7% 143
Johnson 64.0% 41,847 34.7% 22,715 1.2% 811
Jones 50.7% 5,054 48.4% 4,834 0.9% 90
Keokuk 41.9% 2,294 56.9% 3,119 1.2% 67
Kossuth 44.6% 4,132 54.5% 5,042 0.9% 84
Lee 56.8% 10,152 41.8% 7,472 1.3% 234
Linn 54.6% 60,442 44.6% 49,442 0.8% 856
Louisa 46.7% 2,297 52.3% 2,572 1.0% 47
Lucas 43.5% 1,987 55.6% 2,543 0.9% 41
Lyon 21.4% 1,303 77.9% 4,751 0.8% 47
Madison 42.2% 3,380 56.7% 4,538 1.1% 86
Mahaska 35.3% 3,790 63.9% 6,858 0.7% 80
Marion 39.4% 6,574 59.8% 9,990 0.8% 132
Marshall 49.3% 9,443 49.9% 9,557 0.9% 164
Mills 33.3% 2,308 65.6% 4,556 1.1% 76
Mitchell 50.8% 2,785 48.3% 2,646 0.9% 49
Monona 47.8% 2,397 51.3% 2,575 0.9% 46
Monroe 46.8% 1,855 52.2% 2,067 1.0% 41
Montgomery 34.2% 1,899 64.8% 3,601 1.0% 56
Muscatine 51.0% 9,542 48.2% 9,020 0.8% 155
O'Brien 30.1% 2,330 68.9% 5,328 0.9% 73
Osceola 28.6% 934 70.3% 2,295 1.1% 37
Page 29.4% 2,211 69.8% 5,243 0.8% 59
Palo Alto 47.8% 2,482 51.5% 2,674 0.7% 35
Plymouth 35.0% 4,278 63.9% 7,810 1.1% 134
Pocahontas 42.2% 1,822 56.6% 2,441 1.2% 50
Polk 51.9% 105,218 47.3% 95,828 0.8% 1,572
Pottawattamie 40.4% 16,906 58.7% 24,558 0.9% 356
Poweshiek 50.0% 5,043 49.2% 4,965 0.8% 83
Ringgold 46.3% 1,286 52.8% 1,466 0.9% 26
Sac 41.2% 2,215 58.2% 3,128 0.6% 31
Scott 50.9% 42,122 48.3% 39,958 0.8% 642
Shelby 35.3% 2,355 63.8% 4,256 0.9% 59
Sioux 13.6% 2,259 85.9% 14,229 0.5% 82
Story 52.2% 23,296 46.6% 20,819 1.2% 537
Tama 49.9% 4,487 49.5% 4,456 0.6% 58
Taylor 39.2% 1,252 59.8% 1,908 0.9% 30
Union 46.0% 2,747 52.9% 3,165 1.1% 66
Van Buren 40.9% 1,568 57.6% 2,211 1.5% 57
Wapello 54.6% 9,125 44.3% 7,403 1.1% 179
Warren 46.5% 10,730 52.7% 12,160 0.7% 163
Washington 43.0% 4,595 55.9% 5,977 1.1% 116
Wayne 44.0% 1,379 55.3% 1,733 0.7% 21
Webster 51.3% 9,561 48.1% 8,959 0.6% 111
Winnebago 45.5% 2,707 53.3% 3,175 1.2% 70
Winneshiek 49.6% 5,354 49.4% 5,324 1.0% 106
Woodbury 48.5% 21,455 50.8% 22,451 0.7% 289
Worth 55.4% 2,286 43.5% 1,795 1.0% 42
Wright 44.4% 2,930 55.0% 3,631 0.6% 42