United States presidential election in Alaska, 2004

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Alaska once again voted for the Republican presidential nominee in 2004, as it has in every presidential election since statehood except for 1964. The Democratic presidential ticket though did better here in 2004 compared to 2000, narrowing the Republican advantage from around 31 percentage points in 2000 to approximately 25 percentage points in 2004 . John Kerry obtained nearly 36 percent of the vote, approximately 8 percentage points (or 32,021 votes) more than Al Gore's showing of around 28 percent in 2000. In comparison, incumbent President Bush only increased his vote in Alaska by around 2 percent (or 23,491 votes) from nearly 59 percent in 2000 to approximately 61 percent in 2004.

Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
George W. Bush of Texas Richard Cheney of Wyoming Republican 3 190,889 61.07%
John Kerry of Massachusetts John Edwards of North Carolina Democrat 0 111,025 35.52%
Ralph Nader of Connecticut Peter Miguel Camejo of California Reform 0 5,069 1.62%
Michael Peroutka of Maryland Chuck Baldwin of Florida Alaska Independence Party 0 2,092 0.67%
Michael Badnarik of Texas Richard Campagna of Iowa Libertarian 0 1,675 0.54%
David Cobb of California Patricia LaMarche of Maine Green 0 1,058 0.34%

Statewide winner in bold.

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