United States presidential election in Connecticut, 2004
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In 2004, New England's state of Connecticut was easily won by the challenger John Kerry by a margin of 10.3 percent, being a New Englander himself in a more and more Democratic region : All counties but Litchfield went Democratic. The Republican Party's last presidential victory in Connecticut dates back to 1988 election of George H. W. Bush. However, Kerry's victory in Connecticut was not as large as Al Gore's lead in 2000, when the then vice president won the state by 17.47% percent and a majority of all the state's counties. However in 2000 Gore's running mate was Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman.
It should be noted that George W. Bush lost Connecticut in a landslide even though he was born in New Haven, and is part of a family that has been a political dynasty in Connecticut for much of the Twentieth Century.
| Presidential candidate | Running mate | Party | Electoral vote (EV) | Popular vote (PV) |
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| John Kerry of Massachusetts | John Edwards of North Carolina | Democrat | 7 | 857,488 | 54.31% | |
| George W. Bush of Texas | Richard Cheney of Wyoming | Republican | 0 | 693,826 | 43.95% | |
| Ralph Nader of Connecticut | Peter Camejo of California | Independent | 0 | 12,969 | 0.82% | |
| David Cobb of California | Patricia LaMarche of Maine | Green | 0 | 9,564 | 0.61% | |
| Others | - | - | 0 | 4,922 | 0.31% | |
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Statewide winner in bold. See main article : U.S. presidential election, 2004.
[edit] Results by county
Counties are listed in order of % of Kerry vote : the last column shows the county winner in 2000 and the gain of the Democratic party between the two elections.
| County | John F. Kerry | George W. Bush | Others | 2000 result | |||
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| Hartford | 58.7% | 229,902 | 39.5% | 154,919 | 1.8% | 6,987 | −1.5 |
| Middlesex | 56.3% | 47,292 | 42.0% | 35,252 | 1.7% | 1,440 | +1.4 |
| New London | 55.8% | 66,062 | 42.2% | 49,931 | 2.0% | 2,367 | +0.4 |
| Tolland | 54.6% | 39,146 | 43.6% | 31,245 | 1.9% | 1,338 | +1.6 |
| New Haven | 54.3% | 199,060 | 43.8% | 160,390 | 1.9% | 6,942 | -3.7 |
| Windham | 52.1% | 25,477 | 45.7% | 22,324 | 2.2% | 1,060 | +2.5 |
| Fairfield | 51.4% | 205,902 | 47.3% | 189,605 | 1.4% | 5,460 | -0.9 |
| Litchfield | 46.2% | 44,647 | 51.9% | 50,160 | 1.9% | 1,861 | -1.7 |
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