United States presidential election in Ohio, 2004

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Although the state's economic situation gave hope to Democrats that Ohio might vote for Senator Kerry, President George W. Bush was victorious, with a slim lead of 2.12% over his challenger.

However, there were many problems with the election process in Ohio, including missing and uncounted votes; machine malfunctions; machine shortages; machine mis-voting; and anomalous statistical discrepancies in vote tabulations, such as more votes than voters. Statistical analysis of the demographic distribution of these problems and how strongly, in the aggregate, they favored one candidate over another, have led some critics, authors, statisticians, politicians, and concerned citizens to suspect coordinated election fraud throughout the state.

See also: 2004 United States election voting controversies


Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
George W. Bush of Texas Richard Cheney of Wyoming Republican 20 2,858,727 50.82%
John Kerry of Massachusetts John Edwards of North Carolina Democrat 0 2,739,952 48.70%
Michael Badnarik of Texas Richard Campagna of Iowa Libertarian 0 14,695 0.26%
Others - - 0 12,257 0.22%
Other elections: 2000, 2004, 2008

Statewide winner in bold. See main article : U.S. presidential election, 2004.

[edit] Data Sets

[edit] Detailed results by county


County John Kerry George Bush Other
Percentage Count Percentage Count Percentage Count
Adams 35.7% 4,280 63.8% 7,653 0.6% 66
Allen 33.5% 16,483 66.1% 32,585 0.4% 206
Ashland 34.3% 8,555 64.9% 16,171 0.8% 194
Ashtabula 53.0% 24,061 46.3% 21,039 0.7% 309
Athens 63.2% 18,997 36.1% 10,847 0.7% 200
Auglaize 25.6% 5,904 73.9% 17,012 0.5% 115
Belmont 52.7% 17,574 46.8% 15,589 0.5% 157
Brown 35.9% 7,140 63.6% 12,647 0.5% 105
Butler 33.7% 56,234 65.9% 109,866 0.4% 702
Carroll 44.6% 6,298 54.5% 7,695 0.8% 117
Champaign 37.1% 6,967 62.4% 11,718 0.5% 90
Clark 48.7% 33,534 50.8% 34,938 0.5% 331
Clermont 29.1% 25,885 70.7% 62,946 0.2% 211
Clinton 29.4% 5,417 70.3% 12,938 0.3% 59
Columbiana 47.4% 23,426 52.1% 25,754 0.6% 283
Coshocton 42.3% 6,878 57.1% 9,277 0.5% 87
Crawford 35.7% 7,773 63.7% 13,885 0.7% 143
Cuyahoga 66.6% 448,486 32.9% 221,606 0.5% 3,674
Darke 29.8% 7,849 69.6% 18,307 0.6% 161
Defiance 37.7% 6,975 61.5% 11,393 0.8% 144
Delaware 33.6% 27,048 66.1% 53,142 0.3% 265
Erie 53.4% 21,408 46.4% 18,601 0.2% 67
Fairfield 36.5% 24,774 62.9% 42,697 0.6% 384
Fayette 36.9% 4,334 62.7% 7,375 0.4% 47
Franklin 54.4% 285,800 45.1% 237,252 0.5% 2,772
Fulton 37.5% 8,224 62.1% 13,639 0.4% 90
Gallia 38.3% 5,364 61.3% 8,577 0.4% 51
Geauga 39.4% 19,840 60.2% 30,358 0.4% 221
Greene 38.5% 30,530 61.0% 48,377 0.5% 365
Guernsey 43.5% 7,768 55.8% 9,961 0.6% 111
Hamilton 47.1% 199,499 52.5% 222,404 0.4% 1,731
Hancock 29.0% 10,343 70.5% 25,101 0.5% 162
Hardin 36.5% 4,889 63.0% 8,436 0.4% 60
Harrison 46.6% 3,780 52.7% 4,274 0.7% 55
Henry 33.8% 5,110 65.6% 9,901 0.6% 92
Highland 33.5% 6,194 66.1% 12,212 0.4% 76
Hocking 46.8% 6,173 52.6% 6,935 0.7% 88
Holmes 24.0% 2,695 75.5% 8,466 0.5% 57
Huron 41.4% 10,585 58.0% 14,834 0.7% 173
Jackson 39.8% 5,699 59.9% 8,585 0.3% 49
Jefferson 52.3% 19,019 47.3% 17,184 0.4% 163
Knox 36.3% 9,828 63.1% 17,081 0.6% 157
Lake 48.5% 59,049 51.1% 62,193 0.5% 581
Lawrence 43.7% 12,111 55.8% 15,457 0.5% 138
Licking 37.8% 30,051 61.7% 49,014 0.4% 351
Logan 31.9% 6,825 67.6% 14,471 0.5% 102
Lorain 56.1% 78,965 43.5% 61,196 0.4% 569
Lucas 60.2% 132,536 39.6% 87,106 0.2% 547
Madison 35.6% 6,200 63.9% 11,120 0.4% 78
Mahoning 62.6% 83,069 36.7% 48,712 0.7% 950
Marion 40.8% 11,930 58.7% 17,171 0.5% 157
Medina 42.7% 36,264 56.8% 48,183 0.5% 420
Meigs 41.2% 4,437 58.2% 6,273 0.6% 61
Mercer 24.5% 5,117 74.9% 15,649 0.6% 122
Miami 34.0% 17,611 65.7% 34,005 0.3% 164
Monroe 54.9% 4,243 44.3% 3,424 0.8% 62
Montgomery 50.6% 142,977 49.0% 138,361 0.4% 1,215
Morgan 42.9% 2,873 56.1% 3,757 1.0% 70
Morrow 35.4% 5,775 64.1% 10,475 0.5% 79
Muskingum 42.3% 16,421 57.3% 22,251 0.5% 191
Noble 40.6% 2,654 58.7% 3,841 0.7% 45
Ottawa 47.8% 11,114 51.9% 12,075 0.3% 68
Paulding 36.5% 3,610 62.8% 6,205 0.6% 64
Perry 47.8% 7,257 51.7% 7,855 0.5% 76
Pickaway 37.5% 8,578 62.0% 14,160 0.5% 112
Pike 47.6% 5,989 51.8% 6,519 0.5% 67
Portage 53.1% 40,674 46.4% 35,583 0.5% 389
Preble 34.4% 7,274 65.0% 13,733 0.6% 119
Putnam 23.3% 4,392 76.2% 14,370 0.5% 87
Richland 39.8% 24,645 59.6% 36,892 0.5% 330
Ross 44.1% 13,977 54.4% 17,229 1.5% 463
Sandusky 43.7% 12,653 55.9% 16,198 0.4% 104
Scioto 47.8% 16,823 51.9% 18,257 0.3% 117
Seneca 40.6% 10,958 58.9% 15,885 0.5% 148
Shelby 28.6% 6,534 70.9% 16,204 0.5% 116
Stark 50.6% 95,338 48.9% 92,211 0.5% 907
Summit 56.7% 156,578 42.9% 118,553 0.4% 1,173
Trumbull 61.7% 66,673 37.9% 40,976 0.5% 495
Tuscarawas 43.9% 18,854 55.5% 23,825 0.5% 225
Union 29.5% 6,665 70.1% 15,869 0.4% 96
Van Wert 27.6% 4,094 72.0% 10,678 0.4% 54
Vinton 44.7% 2,651 54.8% 3,251 0.5% 28
Warren 27.6% 26,043 72.1% 68,035 0.4% 341
Washington 41.4% 12,475 58.1% 17,480 0.5% 146
Wayne 38.2% 19,786 61.5% 31,879 0.4% 183
Williams 34.8% 6,481 64.6% 12,040 0.6% 118
Wood 46.4% 29,401 53.0% 33,592 0.6% 353
Wyandot 33.6% 3,707 65.7% 7,256 0.7% 81

[edit] Statistics

John Kerry George W. Bush Total
Counties won 16 72 88
Best score Cuyahoga County (66.6%) Putnam County (76.2%) .
Counties won under statewide margin (2.12%) 1 1 2
Stark County (1.7%) Clark County (2.1%) .
Counties won under nationwide margin (2.46%) 1 1 2
Stark County (1.7%) Clark County (2.1%) .
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