United States presidential election in Vermont, 2004

United States presidential election in Vermont, 2004

November 2, 2004

Nominee John Kerry George W. Bush Party Democratic Republican Home state Massachusetts Texas Running mate John Edwards Dick Cheney Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 184,067 121,180 Percentage 58.9% 38.8%

County Results   Kerry—60-70%   Kerry—50-60%   Bush—50-60%

President before election George W. Bush Republican Elected President George W. Bush Republican

The 2004 United States presidential election in Vermont took place on November 2, 2004 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 3 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Vermont is the home state of United States presidential candidate and anti-war advocate Howard Dean, its former governor.

Vermont voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic candidate, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, over incumbent Republican President George W. Bush of Texas.

Kerry received 58.94% of the vote to Bush's 38.80%, a Democratic victory margin of 20.14%.^[1]

Kerry also swept 13 of the state's 14 counties, breaking 60% in 6 of them. Kerry's strongest county was Windham County, which he won with 66.43% of the vote to Bush's 31.22%. Only one county voted for Bush, sparsely populated Essex County in the far northeast of the state, which Bush won with 54.17% of the vote.

A state with strong liberal and anti-war tendencies, Vermont registered as the third most Democratic state in the nation in the 2004 election, its results making the state about 23% more Democratic than the nation. It also had the strongest Democratic swing of any state in the nation against Bush compared to the 2000 result. Even as Bush increased his nationwide popular vote support from a 0.52% loss to Al Gore in 2000 to a 2.46% nationwide victory in 2004, Vermont swung 10.20% against Bush, making the state trend 13.18% Democratic relative to the nation. This portended the future trend of the state toward dominance by the Democratic Party, as Democrat Barack Obama would carry the state in a 67-30 landslide four years later in 2008 and again in 2012.

Kerry, from neighboring Massachusetts, was the first Northern Democrat ever to carry Vermont. The previous three Democratic presidential candidates to carry the state were all from the South (Lyndon B. Johnson was from Texas, Bill Clinton from Arkansas and Al Gore from Tennessee). He is the only Democrat to ever win Vermont, but lose the nationwide popular vote.

Democratic Primary

Primary date: March 2, 2004

Vermont Democratic presidential primary, 2004[2]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Howard Dean	44,393	53.6%	9
John Kerry	26,171	31.6%	6
Dennis Kucinich	3,396	4.1%	0
Wesley Clark	2,749	3.3%	0
Others	1,059	1.3%	0
Total	-	100.00%	28

Results

Presidential candidate	Party	Popular vote	Percentage	Electoral vote
John Kerry	Democratic	184,067	58.94%	3
George W. Bush	Republican	121,180	38.80%	0
Ralph Nader	Independent	4,494	1.44%	0
Michael Badnarik	Libertarian	1,102	0.35%	0
Write ins		957	0.31%	0
John Parker	Liberty Union	265	0.09%	0
Róger Calero	Socialist Workers	244	0.08%	0

Source^[3]

Results Breakdown

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

References

1. 2004 Presidential General Election Results – Vermont
2. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
3. "Our Campaigns - VT US President Race - Nov 02, 2004". ourcampaigns.com. 2008. Retrieved 2015-08-25.