The following are lists of candidates in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Candidates who were not on any state ballots, withdrew from the race, suspended their presidential campaign, or failed to earn their party's nomination are listed separately.
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All candidates in the table below were on the ballot in multiple states. Those who were on the ballot in enough states to win a majority in the U.S. Electoral College are marked in bold. Candidates who were on the ballot in no more than one state are listed in the next section.
| Presidential candidate | Running mate | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Gene Amondson | Leroy Pletten | Prohibition |
| Michael Badnarik | Richard Campagna | Libertarian |
| Walt Brown | Mary Alice Herbert | Socialist |
| George W. Bush (winner) | Richard Cheney | Republican |
| Róger Calero | Arrin Hawkins | Socialist Workers |
| David Cobb | Pat LaMarche | Green |
| Earl F. Dodge | Howard Lydick | Prohibition |
| John Kerry | John Edwards | Democratic |
| Ralph Nader | Peter Camejo | Independent, Reform |
| John Parker | Teresa Gutierrez | Workers World |
| Michael Peroutka | Chuck Baldwin | Constitution |
| Bill Van Auken | Jim Lawrence | Socialist Equality |
The two major parties in the United States are the Democratic and the Republican parties which are on the ballot in all fifty States and the District of Columbia.
The table below shows which third-party candidates were able to gain ballot access in each State. In some States, these candidates were on the ballot as independents, or on the ballot lines of different parties (for example, in Michigan the Socialist Party USA candidate received the Natural Law Party's ballot line.)
The Socialist Workers Party's official ticket could not be listed on the ballot in some states because Calero and Hawkins were both ineligible to be President, as Calero was not a native-born citizen and Hawkins was too young. In such states the party used their 2000 ticket of James Harris and Margaret Trowe (JH).
The Prohibition Party suffered a schism in 2003. Long-time Presidential candidate Earl Dodge was the nominee of one faction, while Gene Amondson was the nominee of the other. Both factions were on the ballot in Colorado, with only Amondson on the ballot in Louisiana.
| Electoral Votes | Libertarian (Badnarik) | Green (Cobb) | Nader | Constitution (Peroutka) | |
| States | 51 | 49 (50) | 25 (43) | 35 (48) | 34 (42) |
| Electoral votes (EV) | 538 | 527 (531) | 267 (479) | 278 (507) | 341 (430) |
| Percent of EV | 100% | 97.9% (98.7%) | 49.6% (89%) | 51.7% (94.2%) | 63.3% (79.9%) |
| Alabama | 9 | (write-in) | (write-in) | ||
| Alaska | 3 | (write-in) | |||
| Arizona | 10 | (write-in) | (write-in) | ||
| Arkansas | 6 | ||||
| California | 55 | (write-in) | |||
| Colorado | 9 | ||||
| Connecticut | 7 | ||||
| Delaware | 3 | ||||
| Florida | 27 | ||||
| Georgia | 15 | (write-in) | (write-in) | (write-in) | |
| Hawaii | 4 | ||||
| Idaho | 4 | (write-in) | (write-in) | ||
| Illinois | 21 | (write-in) | (write-in) | (write-in) | |
| Indiana | 11 | (write-in) | (write-in) | ||
| Iowa | 7 | ||||
| Kansas | 6 | (write-in) | |||
| Kentucky | 8 | ||||
| Louisiana | 9 | ||||
| Maine | 4 | ||||
| Maryland | 10 | ||||
| Massachusetts | 12 | (write-in) | |||
| Michigan | 17 | ||||
| Minnesota | 10 | ||||
| Mississippi | 6 | ||||
| Missouri | 11 | (write-in) | |||
| Montana | 3 | ||||
| Nebraska | 5 | ||||
| Nevada | 5 | ||||
| New Hampshire | 4 | (write-in) | (write-in) | (write-in) | |
| New Jersey | 15 | ||||
| New Mexico | 5 | ||||
| New York | 31 | (write-in) | |||
| North Carolina | 15 | (write-in) | (write-in) | ||
| North Dakota | 3 | ||||
| Ohio | 20 | (write-in) | |||
| Oklahoma | 7 | ||||
| Oregon | 7 | (write-in) | |||
| Pennsylvania | 21 | (write-in) | |||
| Rhode Island | 4 | ||||
| South Carolina | 8 | ||||
| South Dakota | 3 | ||||
| Tennessee | 11 | (write-in) | |||
| Texas | 34 | (write-in) | (write-in) | (write-in) | |
| Utah | 5 | (write-in) | |||
| Vermont | 3 | (write-in) | (write-in) | ||
| Virginia | 13 | (write-in) | (write-in) | ||
| Washington | 11 | ||||
| West Virginia | 5 | (write-in) | |||
| Wisconsin | 10 | (write-in) | |||
| Wyoming | 3 | (write-in) | |||
| District of Columbia | 3 | (write-in) |
| Electoral Votes | Prohibition (Amondson) | Socialist (Brown) | Socialist Workers (Calero) | Workers World (Parker) | Socialist Equality (Van Auken) | |
| States | 51 | 2 | 8 (19) | 14 (17) | 3 (4) | 5 (8) |
| EV | 538 | 18 | 98 (218) | 151 (247) | 18 (73) | 52 (93) |
| Percent of EV | 100% | 3.3% | 18.2% (40.5%) | 28% (45.9%) | 3.3% (13.6%) | 9.6% (17.3%) |
| Alabama | 9 | |||||
| Alaska | 3 | |||||
| Arizona | 10 | |||||
| Arkansas | 6 | |||||
| California | 55 | (write-in) | (write-in) | |||
| Colorado | 9 | (also Dodge) | (JH) | |||
| Connecticut | 7 | |||||
| Delaware | 3 | |||||
| Florida | 27 | (JH) | ||||
| Georgia | 15 | |||||
| Hawaii | 4 | |||||
| Idaho | 4 | (write-in) | ||||
| Illinois | 21 | (write-in) | ||||
| Indiana | 11 | (write-in) | ||||
| Iowa | 7 | (JH) | ||||
| Kansas | 6 | (write-in) | (write-in) | |||
| Kentucky | 8 | (write-in) | ||||
| Louisiana | 9 | (JH) | ||||
| Maine | 4 | (write-in) | ||||
| Maryland | 10 | |||||
| Massachusetts | 12 | |||||
| Michigan | 17 | |||||
| Minnesota | 10 | (write-in) | ||||
| Mississippi | 6 | (JH) | ||||
| Missouri | 11 | |||||
| Montana | 3 | (write-in) | ||||
| Nebraska | 5 | |||||
| Nevada | 5 | |||||
| New Hampshire | 4 | |||||
| New Jersey | 15 | |||||
| New Mexico | 5 | |||||
| New York | 31 | (write-in) | ||||
| North Carolina | 15 | (write-in) | ||||
| North Dakota | 3 | |||||
| Ohio | 20 | (write-in) | ||||
| Oklahoma | 7 | |||||
| Oregon | 7 | |||||
| Pennsylvania | 21 | |||||
| Rhode Island | 4 | |||||
| South Carolina | 8 | |||||
| South Dakota | 3 | |||||
| Tennessee | 11 | (write-in) | ||||
| Texas | 34 | (write-in) | ||||
| Utah | 5 | (write-in) | (JH) | |||
| Vermont | 3 | |||||
| Virginia | 13 | (write-in) | ||||
| Washington | 11 | (JH) | ||||
| West Virginia | 5 | |||||
| Wisconsin | 10 | (JH) | ||||
| Wyoming | 3 | |||||
| District of Columbia | 3 | (JH) |
The tickets below were on the ballot in no more than one state. Those who appeared on a single state's ballot are in bold, all others were write-in candidates. Those without party labels were independents. Some did not have vice-presidential candidates.
Although Guam has no votes in the Electoral College, they have held a straw poll for their presidential preferences since 1980. In 2004, the results were Bush 21,490 (64.1%), Kerry 11,781 (35.1%), Nader 196 (0.58%) and Badnarik 67 (0.2%).[1]