National Election Statistics

215,694,000
Voting Age Population
56.7%
Turnout by VAP

2004 Presidential Election

Results of the presidential election of 2004, won by George W. Bush with 286 electoral votes.

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George W. Bush's Cabinet

President: George W. Bush (2001-2009)

Vice President: Dick Cheney (2001-2009)

Secretary of State: Condoleezza Rice (2005-2009)

Secretary of the Treasury: John W. Snow (2003-2006), Henry Paulson (2006-2009)

Secretary of Defense: Donald Rumsfeld (2001-2006), Robert Gates (2006-2009)

Attorney General: Alberto Gonzales (2005-2007), Michael Mukasey (2007-2009)

Secretary of the Interior: Gale Norton (2001-2006), Dirk Kempthorne (2006-2009)

Secretary of Agriculture: Mike Johanns (2005-2007), Ed Schafer (2008-2009)

Secretary of Commerce: Carlos Gutierrez (2005-2009)

Secretary of Labor: Elaine Chao (2001-2009)

Secretary of Health and Human Services: Mike Leavitt (2005-2009)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Alphonso Jackson (2004-2008), Steve Preston (2008-2009)

Secretary of Transportation: Norman Mineta (2001-2006), Mary Peters (2006-2009)

Secretary of Energy: Samuel Bodman (2005-2009)

Secretary of Education: Margaret Spellings (2005-2009)

Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Jim Nicholson (2005-2007), James Peake (2007-2009)

Secretary of Homeland Security: Michael Chertoff (2005-2009)

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: Stephen Johnson (2005-2009)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Joshua Bolten (2003-2006), Rob Portman (2006-2007), Jim Nussle (2007-2009)

United States Trade Representative: Rob Portman (2005-2006), Susan Schwab (2006-2009)

Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy: John Walters (2001-2009)

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2004 National Election

270 to win
59,028,444 votes (48.3%)
Running Mate: John Edwards
62,040,610 votes (50.7%)
Running Mate: Dick Cheney

Bush and Kerry each received more votes than any candidates in history to that point.
The prior record, about 54.5 million votes, was set in 1984 by Ronald Reagan.

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

9

Alaska

3

Arizona

10

Arkansas

6

California

55

Colorado

9

Connecticut

7

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

3

Florida

27

Georgia

15

Hawaii

4

Idaho

4

Illinois

21

Indiana

11

Iowa

7

Kansas

6

Kentucky

8

Louisiana

9

Maine

4

Maryland

10

Massachusetts

12

Michigan

17

Minnesota

10

Mississippi

6

Missouri

11

Montana

3

Nebraska

5

Nevada

5

New Hampshire

4

New Jersey

15

New Mexico

5

New York

31

North Carolina

15

North Dakota

3

Ohio

20

Oklahoma

7

Oregon

7

Pennsylvania

21

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

8

South Dakota

3

Tennessee

11

Texas

34

Utah

5

Vermont

3

Virginia

13

Washington

11

West Virginia

5

Wisconsin

10

Wyoming

3