United States presidential election in Vermont, 2004

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Vermont is the home state of U.S. presidential candidate and anti-war advocate Howard Dean, its former governor. It was also the only state in the U.S. to elect a socialist representative (Bernie Sanders). Vermonters voted for the Democratic candidate Senator John F. Kerry, by about 20 percentage points. One county, Essex preferred the Republican candidate George W. Bush.[1]

The voter turnout was higher than in the 2000 presidential election.


Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
Vermont overwhelmingly supported John Kerry, with only sparsely populated northeastern Essex voting for Bush.
Vermont overwhelmingly supported John Kerry, with only sparsely populated northeastern Essex voting for Bush.
John Kerry of Massachusetts John Edwards of North Carolina Democrat 3 184,067 58.94%
George W. Bush of Texas Richard Cheney of Wyoming Republican 0 121,180 38.80%
Ralph Nader of Connecticut Peter Camejo of California Independent 0 4,494 1.44%
Michael Badnarik of Texas Richard Campagna of Iowa Libertarian 0 1,102 0.35%
Write ins - - 0 957 0.31%
Others - - 0 509 0.16%
Other elections: 2000, 2004, 2008

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

[edit] Detailed results by county

County John F. Kerry George W. Bush Others
Windham 66.4% 15,489 31.2% 7,280 2.3% 547
Chittenden 63.5% 49,369 34.0% 26,422 2.5% 1,905
Lamoille 62.7% 7,636 35.0% 4,260 2.3% 285
Washington 61.0% 19,177 36.4% 11,461 2.6% 810
Windsor 60.3% 18,561 37.3% 11,491 2.3% 715
Addison 60.0% 11,147 38.1% 7,077 1.9% 355
Bennington 58.1% 11,069 39.9% 7,616 2.0% 380
Grand Isle 55.1% 2,246 43.0% 1,754 1.9% 77
Orange 54.8% 8,159 43.1% 6,421 2.1% 315
Franklin 53.2% 10,598 44.9% 8,936 1.9% 386
Orleans 51.7% 6,330 46.3% 5,666 2.0% 246
Rutland 51.3% 15,904 46.6% 14,440 2.0% 631
Caledonia 50.0% 7,106 47.6% 6,765 2.4% 340
Essex 43.4% 1,276 54.2% 1,591 2.4% 70

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2004 Presidential General Election Results - Vermont