United States presidential election in California, 2004

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San Francisco, Los Angeles, and many coastal areas voted mainly for John Kerry, while much of the Central Valley and many eastern areas voted mainly for George W. Bush.
San Francisco, Los Angeles, and many coastal areas voted mainly for John Kerry, while much of the Central Valley and many eastern areas voted mainly for George W. Bush.

The 2004 United States presidential election in California refers to how California participated in the 2004 United States presidential election. California confirmed its reputation as a blue state by voting for the Democratic challenger, Senator John Kerry by almost 10% over President Bush. Republicans have not taken California's electoral votes since George H.W. Bush's victory in 1988 against Michael Dukakis.

Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
John Kerry of Massachusetts John Edwards of North Carolina Democrat 55 6,745,485 54.31%
George W. Bush of Texas Richard Cheney of Wyoming Republican 0 5,509,826 44.36%
Michael Badnarik of Texas Richard Campagna of Iowa Libertarian 0 50,165 .40%
David Cobb of California Patricia LaMarche of Maine Green 0 40,771 .33%
Others - - 0 73,610 .59%
Other elections: 2000, 2004, 2008

Statewide winner in bold. See main article : United States presidential election, 2004.

[edit] Results by county

County John Kerry George W. Bush Others
San Francisco 83.0% 296,772 15.2% 54,355 1.8% 6,338
Alameda 75.2% 422,585 23.3% 130,911 1.5% 8,590
Marin 73.2% 99,070 25.4% 34,378 1.4% 1,877
Santa Cruz 73.0% 89,102 24.9% 30,354 2.2% 2,628
San Mateo 69.5% 197,922 29.2% 83,315 1.3% 3,620
Sonoma 67.2% 148,261 30.9% 68,204 1.9% 4,225
Santa Clara 63.9% 386,100 34.6% 209,094 1.4% 8,622
Mendocino 63.5% 24,385 33.7% 12,955 2.8% 1,089
Los Angeles 63.2% 1,907,736 35.6% 1,076,225 1.3% 39,319
Contra Costa 62.3% 257,254 36.5% 150,608 1.3% 5,166
Monterey 60.4% 75,241 38.4% 47,838 1.3% 1,574
Napa 59.5% 33,666 39.0% 22,059 1.5% 874
Yolo 59.3% 42,885 38.8% 28,005 1.9% 1,379
Humboldt 57.7% 37,988 39.0% 25,714 3.3% 2,184
Solano 57.2% 85,096 41.9% 62,301 1.0% 1,440
Alpine 53.3% 373 44.4% 311 2.3% 17
Santa Barbara 53.2% 90,314 45.2% 76,806 1.6% 2,741
Lake 53.2% 13,141 44.9% 11,093 2.0% 485
San Benito 52.6% 9,851 46.5% 8,698 0.9% 176
Imperial 52.4% 17,964 46.4% 15,890 1.2% 420
Sacramento 49.5% 236,657 49.3% 235,539 1.2% 5,670
Mono 49.2% 2,628 49.1% 2,621 1.7% 89
Ventura 47.5% 148,859 51.2% 160,314 1.3% 4,020
San Diego 46.4% 526,437 52.5% 596,033 1.1% 12,378
San Joaquin 45.8% 87,012 53.2% 100,978 1.0% 1,874
San Luis Obispo 45.5% 58,742 52.7% 67,995 1.8% 2,313
Nevada 44.9% 24,220 53.4% 28,790 1.7% 910
Butte 44.1% 42,448 53.7% 51,662 2.1% 2,047
San Bernardino 43.6% 227,789 55.3% 289,306 1.1% 5,682
Trinity 42.7% 2,782 54.7% 3,560 2.6% 171
Merced 42.3% 24,491 56.5% 32,773 1.2% 696
Fresno 41.7% 103,154 57.4% 141,988 0.9% 2,321
Del Norte 41.3% 3,892 56.9% 5,356 1.8% 173
Riverside 41.0% 228,806 57.8% 322,473 1.1% 6,300
Stanislaus 40.4% 58,829 58.6% 85,407 1.0% 1,388
Orange 39.0% 419,239 59.7% 641,832 1.3% 14,328
Inyo 38.9% 3,350 59.1% 5,091 2.0% 175
Tuolumne 38.5% 10,104 60.0% 15,745 1.5% 386
Siskiyou 37.7% 7,880 60.6% 12,673 1.7% 346
Mariposa 37.5% 3,251 60.2% 5,215 2.2% 192
El Dorado 37.3% 32,242 61.2% 52,878 1.4% 1,244
Calaveras 37.1% 8,286 60.9% 13,601 2.0% 456
Plumas 36.9% 4,129 61.7% 6,905 1.4% 156
Amador 36.6% 6,541 62.1% 11,107 1.4% 243
Placer 36.3% 55,573 62.6% 95,969 1.1% 1,736
Madera 34.7% 13,481 64.0% 24,871 1.3% 498
Kings 33.7% 10,833 65.4% 21,003 0.9% 274
Sierra 33.2% 646 64.1% 1,249 2.7% 53
Tulare 32.9% 32,494 66.2% 65,399 1.0% 967
Kern 32.5% 68,603 66.5% 140,417 1.0% 2,154
Tehama 32.0% 7,504 66.4% 15,572 1.6% 368
Sutter 31.9% 9,602 67.2% 20,254 1.0% 289
Glenn 31.7% 2,995 66.7% 6,308 1.6% 151
Yuba 31.6% 5,687 67.0% 12,076 1.4% 261
Colusa 31.6% 1,947 67.2% 4,142 1.2% 77
Shasta 31.3% 24,339 67.2% 52,249 1.5% 1,143
Lassen 27.6% 3,158 71.0% 8,126 1.4% 166
Modoc 25.7% 1,149 72.4% 3,235 1.9% 83
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