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

Main article: United States presidential election, 2004

George W. Bush was re-elected to a second term.

Electoral map, 2004 election
Electoral map, 2004 election
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

Main article: United States House elections, 2004

Republicans gained a couple of seats in the House, mainly due to the 2003 Texas redistricting.

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Summary of the 2 November 2004 United States House of Representatives election results
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

Main article: United States Senate elections, 2004

The 34 seats in the United States Senate Class 3 were up for election. Republicans had a net gain of 4 seats.

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Summary of the 2 November 2004 United States Senate election results
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

Main article: United States gubernatorial elections, 2004
Election Results Map, Republican holds in dark red, Republican pickups in light red, Democratic holds in dark blue, Democratic pickups in light blue
Election Results Map, Republican holds in dark red, Republican pickups in light red, Democratic holds in dark blue, Democratic pickups in light blue


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