United States presidential election, 2004, in Missouri
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This article describes the United States presidential election, 2004, in Missouri.
Since 1904, Missouri has always voted for the eventual winner of the election in a presidential election, to the very exception of 1956. Hence Bush carried the state with a margin of 7% against his Democratic challenger John F. Kerry.
This was a better result for the president than in 2000, when he carried the state by only 3%. He received 265,789 more votes than in 2000, while Kerry won only 148,033 more votes than Gore in 2000.
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush of Texas | Richard Cheney of Wyoming | Republican | 11 | 1,455,713 | 53.30% | |
| John Kerry of Massachusetts | John Edwards of North Carolina | Democrat | 0 | 1,259,171 | 46.10% | |
| Michael Badnarik of Texas | Richard Campagna of Iowa | Libertarian | 0 | 9,831 | 0.36% | |
| Others | - | - | 0 | 6,649 | 0.24% | |
| Other elections: 2000, 2004, 2008 | ||||||
Statewide winner in bold. See main article : U.S. presidential election, 2004.
[edit] Detailed results by county (and Saint Louis city)
| County | John Kerry | George Bush | Other | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Count | Percentage | Count | Percentage | Count | |
| Adair | 43.3% | 4,938 | 55.8% | 6,367 | 0.9% | 99 |
| Andrew | 37.1% | 3,069 | 62.1% | 5,135 | 0.8% | 62 |
| Atchison | 31.8% | 1,005 | 67.7% | 2,137 | 0.4% | 14 |
| Audrain | 40.4% | 4,318 | 58.9% | 6,294 | 0.7% | 71 |
| Barry | 30.3% | 4,223 | 68.9% | 9,599 | 0.8% | 105 |
| Barton | 22.9% | 1,373 | 76.3% | 4,572 | 0.8% | 46 |
| Bates | 40.1% | 3,398 | 59.1% | 5,004 | 0.8% | 64 |
| Benton | 37.5% | 3,381 | 61.9% | 5,575 | 0.6% | 53 |
| Bollinger | 29.8% | 1,754 | 69.6% | 4,102 | 0.7% | 39 |
| Boone | 49.5% | 37,643 | 49.7% | 37,801 | 0.8% | 602 |
| Buchanan | 46.9% | 17,799 | 52.2% | 19,812 | 0.9% | 339 |
| Butler | 28.4% | 4,666 | 71.1% | 11,696 | 0.5% | 79 |
| Caldwell | 38.5% | 1,645 | 60.8% | 2,593 | 0.7% | 30 |
| Callaway | 36.9% | 6,559 | 62.5% | 11,108 | 0.6% | 106 |
| Camden | 32.3% | 6,296 | 67.2% | 13,122 | 0.5% | 101 |
| Cape Girardeau | 30.6% | 10,568 | 68.9% | 23,814 | 0.5% | 183 |
| Carroll | 33.1% | 1,568 | 66.5% | 3,155 | 0.4% | 18 |
| Carter | 34.7% | 964 | 64.7% | 1,797 | 0.6% | 18 |
| Cass | 37.7% | 16,681 | 61.6% | 27,253 | 0.6% | 283 |
| Cedar | 30.8% | 1,910 | 68.3% | 4,238 | 0.9% | 55 |
| Chariton | 43.6% | 1,892 | 55.8% | 2,421 | 0.6% | 27 |
| Christian | 28.9% | 9,059 | 70.5% | 22,102 | 0.6% | 187 |
| Clark | 48.0% | 1,794 | 50.8% | 1,899 | 1.2% | 43 |
| Clay | 46.3% | 44,670 | 53.1% | 51,193 | 0.6% | 597 |
| Clinton | 43.7% | 4,165 | 55.4% | 5,287 | 0.9% | 88 |
| Cole | 32.0% | 11,753 | 67.4% | 24,752 | 0.5% | 196 |
| Cooper | 32.0% | 2,400 | 67.4% | 5,058 | 0.7% | 50 |
| Crawford | 38.7% | 3,632 | 60.6% | 5,686 | 0.7% | 63 |
| Dade | 27.0% | 1,104 | 72.5% | 2,963 | 0.5% | 22 |
| Dallas | 33.2% | 2,407 | 66.0% | 4,788 | 0.9% | 64 |
| Daviess | 37.0% | 1,402 | 62.0% | 2,351 | 1.1% | 41 |
| DeKalb | 36.4% | 1,707 | 62.8% | 2,941 | 0.8% | 38 |
| Dent | 29.6% | 1,865 | 69.3% | 4,369 | 1.1% | 70 |
| Douglas | 27.5% | 1,741 | 71.1% | 4,498 | 1.4% | 88 |
| Dunklin | 42.0% | 4,901 | 57.5% | 6,720 | 0.5% | 56 |
| Franklin | 40.9% | 18,556 | 58.3% | 26,429 | 0.7% | 333 |
| Gasconade | 32.8% | 2,355 | 66.3% | 4,753 | 0.9% | 63 |
| Gentry | 36.3% | 1,201 | 63.0% | 2,085 | 0.8% | 26 |
| Greene | 37.2% | 46,657 | 62.2% | 77,885 | 0.6% | 724 |
| Grundy | 32.5% | 1,561 | 66.0% | 3,172 | 1.6% | 75 |
| Harrison | 31.6% | 1,279 | 67.4% | 2,729 | 1.0% | 40 |
| Henry | 41.0% | 4,461 | 58.5% | 6,361 | 0.5% | 55 |
| Hickory | 42.0% | 2,043 | 57.4% | 2,791 | 0.7% | 32 |
| Holt | 30.1% | 811 | 69.3% | 1,864 | 0.6% | 16 |
| Howard | 40.1% | 1,972 | 59.2% | 2,915 | 0.7% | 34 |
| Howell | 31.2% | 5,118 | 67.8% | 11,097 | 1.0% | 164 |
| Iron | 46.1% | 2,157 | 52.9% | 2,477 | 1.0% | 45 |
| Jackson | 58.1% | 183,654 | 41.3% | 130,500 | 0.6% | 1,839 |
| Jasper | 28.8% | 13,002 | 70.6% | 31,846 | 0.5% | 237 |
| Jefferson | 49.4% | 46,057 | 50.0% | 46,624 | 0.6% | 583 |
| Johnson | 38.5% | 7,790 | 60.6% | 12,257 | 0.9% | 189 |
| Knox | 38.5% | 761 | 61.0% | 1,207 | 0.5% | 10 |
| Laclede | 28.3% | 4,213 | 71.1% | 10,578 | 0.5% | 78 |
| Lafayette | 39.6% | 6,412 | 59.7% | 9,656 | 0.7% | 114 |
| Lawrence | 28.5% | 4,506 | 70.8% | 11,194 | 0.7% | 106 |
| Lewis | 37.8% | 1,754 | 61.6% | 2,862 | 0.6% | 28 |
| Lincoln | 42.2% | 8,368 | 57.0% | 11,316 | 0.8% | 155 |
| Linn | 41.4% | 2,440 | 58.0% | 3,422 | 0.6% | 36 |
| Livingston | 35.9% | 2,278 | 63.5% | 4,029 | 0.6% | 39 |
| McDonald | 28.7% | 2,215 | 70.5% | 5,443 | 0.9% | 67 |
| Macon | 37.7% | 2,856 | 61.7% | 4,673 | 0.5% | 41 |
| Madison | 40.1% | 1,972 | 59.1% | 2,905 | 0.8% | 41 |
| Maries | 35.3% | 1,563 | 63.9% | 2,825 | 0.8% | 36 |
| Marion | 36.7% | 4,568 | 62.8% | 7,815 | 0.6% | 70 |
| Mercer | 32.0% | 582 | 66.4% | 1,207 | 1.5% | 28 |
| Miller | 27.3% | 2,959 | 72.0% | 7,797 | 0.7% | 75 |
| Mississippi | 44.8% | 2,374 | 54.8% | 2,903 | 0.4% | 21 |
| Moniteau | 28.6% | 1,913 | 70.9% | 4,743 | 0.5% | 35 |
| Monroe | 38.2% | 1,647 | 61.1% | 2,632 | 0.7% | 28 |
| Montgomery | 37.3% | 2,147 | 61.9% | 3,563 | 0.9% | 50 |
| Morgan | 34.8% | 3,053 | 64.5% | 5,657 | 0.7% | 61 |
| New Madrid | 47.0% | 3,716 | 52.5% | 4,154 | 0.5% | 37 |
| Newton | 27.5% | 6,564 | 71.9% | 17,187 | 0.6% | 138 |
| Nodaway | 37.8% | 3,830 | 61.5% | 6,226 | 0.6% | 63 |
| Oregon | 39.0% | 1,823 | 59.3% | 2,769 | 1.7% | 81 |
| Osage | 25.1% | 1,673 | 74.6% | 4,975 | 0.3% | 23 |
| Ozark | 33.2% | 1,561 | 65.5% | 3,083 | 1.3% | 63 |
| Pemiscot | 49.7% | 3,381 | 49.9% | 3,398 | 0.4% | 27 |
| Perry | 31.8% | 2,621 | 67.7% | 5,583 | 0.5% | 43 |
| Pettis | 33.2% | 5,801 | 66.3% | 11,603 | 0.5% | 92 |
| Phelps | 35.6% | 6,666 | 63.5% | 11,874 | 0.9% | 160 |
| Pike | 45.6% | 3,670 | 53.7% | 4,314 | 0.7% | 56 |
| Platte | 43.9% | 18,412 | 55.5% | 23,302 | 0.6% | 256 |
| Polk | 30.3% | 3,775 | 68.9% | 8,586 | 0.7% | 92 |
| Pulaski | 29.1% | 3,551 | 70.5% | 8,618 | 0.4% | 52 |
| Putnam | 31.6% | 772 | 67.9% | 1,660 | 0.5% | 13 |
| Ralls | 40.3% | 2,031 | 59.3% | 2,986 | 0.3% | 17 |
| Randolph | 35.2% | 3,586 | 64.2% | 6,551 | 0.6% | 61 |
| Ray | 46.7% | 5,034 | 52.6% | 5,673 | 0.8% | 81 |
| Reynolds | 43.1% | 1,449 | 56.4% | 1,896 | 0.6% | 19 |
| Ripley | 33.7% | 1,907 | 65.3% | 3,693 | 0.9% | 53 |
| St. Charles | 40.9% | 66,855 | 58.6% | 95,826 | 0.5% | 807 |
| St. Clair | 37.1% | 1,841 | 62.4% | 3,098 | 0.5% | 26 |
| Ste. Genevieve | 52.6% | 4,281 | 46.5% | 3,791 | 0.9% | 74 |
| St. Francois | 46.9% | 10,748 | 52.7% | 12,087 | 0.4% | 98 |
| St. Louis City | 80.3% | 116,133 | 19.2% | 27,793 | 0.5% | 712 |
| St. Louis County | 54.4% | 295,284 | 45.1% | 244,969 | 0.5% | 2,730 |
| Saline | 45.1% | 4,479 | 54.2% | 5,389 | 0.7% | 71 |
| Schuyler | 44.0% | 894 | 55.3% | 1,124 | 0.6% | 13 |
| Scotland | 37.7% | 828 | 61.5% | 1,352 | 0.8% | 17 |
| Scott | 34.7% | 6,057 | 64.9% | 11,330 | 0.3% | 61 |
| Shannon | 38.8% | 1,618 | 60.3% | 2,511 | 0.9% | 38 |
| Shelby | 34.3% | 1,201 | 65.1% | 2,280 | 0.6% | 21 |
| Stoddard | 29.8% | 3,946 | 69.7% | 9,242 | 0.5% | 64 |
| Stone | 30.1% | 4,578 | 69.4% | 10,534 | 0.5% | 77 |
| Sullivan | 38.1% | 1,178 | 60.9% | 1,880 | 1.0% | 31 |
| Taney | 29.1% | 5,601 | 70.4% | 13,578 | 0.5% | 101 |
| Texas | 33.3% | 3,664 | 65.7% | 7,234 | 1.1% | 120 |
| Vernon | 35.7% | 3,206 | 63.7% | 5,732 | 0.6% | 54 |
| Warren | 40.7% | 5,461 | 58.7% | 7,883 | 0.7% | 88 |
| Washington | 48.6% | 4,459 | 50.6% | 4,641 | 0.8% | 78 |
| Wayne | 36.3% | 2,250 | 63.2% | 3,919 | 0.6% | 35 |
| Webster | 31.2% | 4,657 | 68.2% | 10,194 | 0.6% | 93 |
| Worth | 38.5% | 436 | 61.0% | 691 | 0.4% | 5 |
| Wright | 26.2% | 2,188 | 73.0% | 6,090 | 0.8% | 68 |
