United States presidential election, 2004 facts for kids
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Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Bush/Cheney (31), Blue denotes those won by Kerry/Edwards (19+DC). The split vote in Minnesota denotes a faithless elector's vote counted for John Edwards. Each number represents the electoral votes a state gave to one candidate.
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The United States presidential election, 2004 is a political event which took place on November 2, 2004. During that day the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States were selected. President George W. Bush won against Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the junior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. Foreign policy was the biggest issue during the election campaign, mainly, the War on Terrorism and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Since the last presidential election, there were concerns about voting. The winner was not determined until the following day, when Kerry decided not to dispute Bush's win in the state of Ohio. The state held enough electoral votes to determine the winner of the presidency. Both Kerry and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean have stated their opinion that voting in Ohio did not proceed fairly and that, had it done so, the Democratic ticket might have won that state and therefore the election.
Only three states changed political parties. New Mexico and Iowa voted Democratic in 2000, but those states Republican in 2004. New Hampshire voted Republican in 2000 but the state voted Democratic in 2004. In the Electoral College, Bush received 286 votes, and Kerry received 252 votes.
Contents
Candidates
Republican
Nominees
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| 43rd President of the United States (2001–incumbent) |
46th Vice President of the United States (2001–incumbent) |
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Democrats
Nominees
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| U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1985–incumbent) |
U.S. Senator from North Carolina (1999–incumbent) |
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Withdraw candidates
- John Edwards, U.S. Senator from North Carolina (withdrew on March 2, 2004 and endorsed John Kerry)
- Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont (withdrew on February 18, 2004 and endorsed John Kerry)
- Wesley Clark, retired U.S. General from Arkansas (withdrew on February 11, 2004 and endorsed John Kerry)
- Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Representative from Ohio (withdrew on July 22, 2004 and endorsed John Kerry)
- Al Sharpton, Reverend and civil rights activist from New York (withdrew on March 15, 2004 and endorsed John Kerry)
- Joe Lieberman, U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 2000 US Election Democratic Vice Presidential nominee (withdrew on February 3, 2004 and endorsed John Kerry)
- Dick Gephardt, U.S. Representative from Missouri (withdrew on January 20, 2004 and endorsed John Kerry)
- Carol Moseley Braun, former U.S. Senator from Illinois (withdrew on January 15, 2004 and endorsed Howard Dean. She then endorsed John Kerry)
- Bob Graham, U.S. Senator from Florida (withdrew on October 6, 2003 and endorsed John Kerry)
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Senator
John Edwards
from North Carolina
(Campaign)
(Withdrew on March 2, 2004) -
Former Governor
Howard Dean
of Vermont
(Campaign)
(Withdrew on February 18, 2004) -
General (Ret.)
Wesley Clark
from Arkansas
(Campaign)
(Withdrew on February 11, 2004) -
Representative
Dennis Kucinich
from Ohio
(Campaign)
(Withdrew on July 22, 2004) -
Reverend
Al Sharpton
from New York
(Withdrew on March 15, 2004) -
Senator
Joe Lieberman
from Connecticut
(Campaign)
(Withdrew on February 3, 2004) -
Former House Majority Leader
Dick Gephardt,
from Missouri
(Withdrew on January 20, 2004) -
Former Senator
Carol Moseley Braun,
from Illinois
(Withdrew on January 15, 2004) -
Senator
Bob Graham
from Florida
(Campaign)
(Withdrew on October 6, 2003) -
Political Activist
Lyndon LaRouche
of Virginia
Images for kids
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Senator Kerry at a primary rally in St. Louis, Missouri, at the St. Louis Community College – Forest Park
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David Cobb the Green Party candidate
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Libertarian candidate Michael Badnarik
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Bush speaking at campaign rally in St. Petersburg, Florida, October 19, 2004
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Neighboring yard signs for Bush and Kerry in Grosse Pointe, Michigan
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These maps show the amount of attention given by the campaigns to the close states. At left, each waving hand represents a visit from a presidential or vice-presidential candidate during the final five weeks. At right, each dollar sign represents one million dollars spent on TV advertising by the campaigns during the same time period.
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Cheney visited Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania on October 27, 2004
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Map of election day problems
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Presidential electoral votes by state. Red is Republican, Blue is Democratic
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Presidential popular votes by county as a scale from Red/Republican to Blue/Democratic
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Presidential popular votes cartogram, in which the sizes of counties have been rescaled according to their population.
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Cartogram in which each square represents one electoral vote.
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The 2004 Presidential Election in the United States, Results by Congressional District
See also
In Spanish: Elecciones presidenciales de Estados Unidos de 2004 para niños
