United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, 2004

United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, 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 202,970 21,256 Percentage 89.18% 9.34%

District of Columbia results by ward   Kerry—70-80%   Kerry—80-90%   Kerry—>90%

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

The District of Columbia voted by an extremely large margin in favor of the Democratic candidate John F. Kerry, with a margin of victory of 79.84% over the incumbent George W. Bush, more than any state and in the history of the district. That can be attributed to the fact that D.C. only encompasses an urban core area (and those are generally very liberal in nature). A recent San Francisco study based on the 2004 presidential election exit polls, ranked the District of Columbia as the 4th most liberal city in the country.^[1] This information supports the fact that the District of Columbia has never voted for a Republican.

Primaries

• District of Columbia Democratic primary, 2004

Election results

United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, 2004
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	John Kerry	John Edwards	202,970	89.2%	3
	Republican	George W. Bush	Dick Cheney	21,256	9.3%	0
	Independent	Ralph Nader	Peter Camejo	1,485	0.7%	0
	Green	David Cobb	Pat LaMarche	737	0.3%	0
	Libertarian	Michael Badnarik	Richard Campagna	502	0.2%	0
	Others	Others	Others	636	0.3%	0
Totals				227,586	100.00%	3
Voter turnout				???		—

Results by Ward

In bold is the best result of each candidate.

County	John F. Kerry		George W. Bush		Ralph Nader		David Cobb		Michael Badnarik		Harris
Ward 1	90.92%	23,727	6.71%	1,751	0.99%	258	0.73%	191	0.33%	85	0.10%	26
Ward 2	82.99%	20,691	14.89%	3,713	0.95%	238	0.36%	104	0.42%	90	0.04%	11
Ward 3	78.79%	28,358	19.32%	6,953	0.84%	304	0.29%	139	0.39%	103	0.04%	16
Ward 4	92.37%	30,341	6.56%	2,156	0.48%	159	0.26%	87	0.09%	30	0.05%	17
Ward 5	93.73%	27,348	5.21%	1,520	0.49%	143	0.31%	90	0.07%	21	0.06%	17
Ward 6	86.87%	25,654	11.31%	3,339	0.74%	220	0.37%	110	0.36%	105	0.06%	17
Ward 7	95.58%	25,914	3.71%	1,006	0.35%	94	0.14%	38	0.03%	9	0.05%	14
Ward 8	96.08%	19,872	3.33%	689	0.29%	59	0.12%	25	0.04%	9	0.05%	11

Electors

Technically the voters of D.C. cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. D.C. is allocated 3 electors. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 3 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 3 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for President and Vice President. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 13, 2004 to cast their votes for President and Vice President. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.

The following were the members of the Electoral College from D.C. All were pledged to and voted for John Kerry and John Edwards.

1. Linda W. Cropp
2. Jack Evans
3. Arrington L. Dixon

References

1. "Voting Research". Voting Research. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

• Results on D.C. Government site

See also