United States presidential election in Utah, 2004

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Utah is a strongly Republican state that in 2004 had a state legislature with a "super-majority" of Republicans in its make-up (meaning the minority parties are unable to block a veto by its members), both U.S. Senators being Republican as well as two of the three members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Unsurprisingly, the Presidential electors in 2004 from Utah were also Republican.

Utah was Bush's strongest state in the 2004 election. This can probably be attributed to the very conservative Mormon population that resides throughout the state. While every county voted for Bush, areas such as Park City (ski resort), Moab (becoming an outpost for environmental activists), Carbon County (largely blue collar), Salt Lake City (urban area with some diversity) and San Juan County (economically distressed and mostly Native American) did give a number of their votes to Kerry. However, other areas were uniformly Republican in voting. Utah County's (home of Provo and Brigham Young University) Republican vote (86%) was by far the largest percentage of any county its size in America.

[edit] Total results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
George W. Bush of Texas Richard Cheney of Wyoming Republican 5 663,742 71.5%
John Kerry of Massachusetts John Edwards of North Carolina Democrat 0 241,199 26.0%
Ralph Nader of Connecticut Peter Miguel Camejo of California Unaffiliated 0 11,305 1.2%
Michael Peroutka of Maryland Chuck Baldwin of Florida Constitution 0 6,841 0.7%
Michael Badnarik of Texas Richard Campagna of Iowa Libertarian 0 3,375 0.4%
Others - - 0 1,383 0.1%
Other elections: 2000, 2004, 2008

[edit] Detailed Results by County

County George W. Bush John F. Kerry Ralph Nader Michael Peroutka Others
Beaver 79.52% 2,023 19.38% 493 0.47% 12 0.35% 9 0.28% 7
Box Elder 85.75% 15,751 12.22% 2,244 0.79% 145 0.78% 144 0.46% 84
Cache 81.76% 32,486 16.05% 6,375 1.04% 413 0.69% 274 0.46% 183
Carbon 58.18% 4,950 40.14% 3,415 0.98% 83 0.26% 22 0.45% 38
Daggett 76.15% 380 21.64% 108 1.20% 6 0.60% 3 0.40% 2
Davis 78.88% 86,187 19.12% 20,893 0.97% 1,055 0.64% 695 0.40% 438
Duchesne 85.35% 4,742 13.28% 738 0.49% 27 0.58% 32 0.31% 17
Emery 80.83% 3,781 17.76% 831 0.49% 23 0.62% 29 0.30% 14
Garfield 85.48% 1,848 12.21% 264 1.02% 22 0.74% 16 0.56% 12
Grand 51.14% 2,130 44.61% 1,858 2.83% 118 0.48% 20 0.94% 39
Iron 82.97% 12,815 14.68% 2,267 0.72% 111 1.09% 169 0.54% 84
Juab 78.46% 2,681 17.71% 605 0.59% 20 2.87% 98 0.38% 13
Kane 79.12% 2,414 18.88% 576 0.82% 25 0.62% 19 0.56% 17
Millard 83.74% 4,084 12.84% 626 0.57% 28 2.42% 118 0.43% 21
Morgan 85.94% 3,301 12.29% 472 0.65% 25 0.62% 24 0.49% 19
Piute 83.57% 646 15.91% 123 0.39% 3 0.13% 1 0.00% 0
Rich 88.91% 922 10.51% 109 0.48% 5 0.10% 1 0.00% 0
Salt Lake 59.57% 215,728 37.54% 135,949 1.66% 6,025 0.61% 2,199 0.62% 2,237
San Juan 59.68% 2,971 38.29% 1,906 0.60% 30 0.48% 24 0.94% 47
Sanpete 82.33% 7,004 13.98% 1,189 0.68% 58 2.55% 217 0.46% 39
Sevier 86.34% 6,597 12.04% 920 0.48% 37 0.79% 60 0.35% 27
Summit 51.83% 7,936 45.57% 6,977 1.73% 265 0.24% 36 0.64% 98
Tooele 73.10% 12,181 24.78% 4,130 0.90% 150 0.67% 111 0.55% 92
Uintah 85.55% 8,518 12.71% 1,266 0.42% 42 0.99% 99 0.32% 32
Utah 85.99% 128,269 11.64% 17,357 0.86% 1,289 1.09% 1,621 0.43% 637
Wasatch 73.26% 5,503 24.68% 1,854 0.80% 60 0.87% 65 0.40% 30
Washington 80.95% 35,633 17.07% 7,513 0.68% 301 0.82% 362 0.47% 209
Wayne 78.09% 1,062 20.51% 279 0.74% 10 0.37% 5 0.29% 4
Weber 70.43% 51,199 27.32% 19,862 1.26% 917 0.51% 368 0.47% 345

[edit] Sources

Official 2004 Utah General Election Results