United States presidential election, 2004, in Colorado
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In the 2004 Presidential election, Colorado was a swing state, and voted for the incumbent President George W. Bush by a margin of 5 percentage points with 51.7% of the vote. This was, however, smaller than the 9% margin he won over Al Gore in 2000). Additionally, Colorado voters decided not to pass a referendum that would have split their electoral vote for this and future presidential elections.
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush of Texas | Richard Cheney of Wyoming | Republican | 9 | 1,101,255 | 51.69% | |
| John Kerry of Massachusetts | John Edwards of North Carolina | Democrat | 0 | 1,001,732 | 47.02% | |
| Ralph Nader of Connecticut | Peter Camejo of California | Reform | 0 | 12,718 | 0.60% | |
| Michael Badnarik of Texas | Richard Campagna of Iowa | Libertarian | 0 | 7,664 | 0.36% | |
| Others | - | - | 0 | 6,961 | 0.33% | |
| Other elections: 2000, 2004, 2008 | ||||||
Statewide winner in bold. See main article : U.S. presidential election, 2004.
[edit] Results by county
| County | John Kerry | George Bush | Other | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Count | Percentage | Count | Percentage | Count | |
| Adams | 50.6% | 69,122 | 48.2% | 65,912 | 1.2% | 1643 |
| Alamosa | 48.0% | 3,017 | 50.6% | 3,179 | 1.3% | 83 |
| Arapahoe | 47.5% | 110,262 | 51.4% | 119,475 | 1.1% | 2628 |
| Archuleta | 36.7% | 2,141 | 61.7% | 3,601 | 1.7% | 97 |
| Baca | 22.1% | 483 | 76.9% | 1,680 | 1.1% | 23 |
| Bent | 36.4% | 785 | 62.1% | 1,338 | 1.5% | 32 |
| Boulder | 66.3% | 105,564 | 32.4% | 51,586 | 1.3% | 2109 |
| Broomfield | 47.1% | 10,935 | 51.7% | 12,007 | 1.3% | 293 |
| Chaffee | 42.9% | 3,766 | 55.6% | 4,875 | 1.5% | 129 |
| Cheyenne | 17.5% | 198 | 81.4% | 923 | 1.1% | 13 |
| Clear Creek | 53.3% | 2,989 | 44.9% | 2,522 | 1.8% | 102 |
| Conejos | 49.8% | 1,894 | 49.0% | 1,864 | 1.2% | 45 |
| Costilla | 66.5% | 1,170 | 32.2% | 566 | 1.4% | 24 |
| Crowley | 32.0% | 478 | 67.4% | 1,006 | 0.6% | 9 |
| Custer | 30.4% | 739 | 68.2% | 1,657 | 1.3% | 32 |
| Delta | 29.8% | 4,224 | 68.7% | 9,722 | 1.5% | 213 |
| Denver | 69.6% | 166,135 | 29.3% | 69,903 | 1.2% | 2788 |
| Dolores | 29.1% | 333 | 68.5% | 785 | 2.4% | 28 |
| Douglas | 32.7% | 39,661 | 66.5% | 80,651 | 0.7% | 889 |
| Eagle | 52.6% | 9,744 | 46.1% | 8,533 | 1.3% | 234 |
| El Paso | 32.1% | 77,648 | 66.7% | 161,361 | 1.1% | 2779 |
| Elbert | 24.9% | 2,834 | 73.8% | 8,389 | 1.2% | 141 |
| Fremont | 32.0% | 5,933 | 66.5% | 12,313 | 1.5% | 280 |
| Garfield | 44.7% | 9,228 | 53.9% | 11,123 | 1.4% | 296 |
| Gilpin | 56.5% | 1,807 | 41.6% | 1,329 | 1.9% | 60 |
| Grand | 42.6% | 3,243 | 56.0% | 4,260 | 1.4% | 106 |
| Gunnison | 56.8% | 4,782 | 41.3% | 3,479 | 1.9% | 159 |
| Hinsdale | 39.2% | 236 | 59.0% | 355 | 1.8% | 11 |
| Huerfano | 48.9% | 1,663 | 50.0% | 1,700 | 1.1% | 39 |
| Jackson | 22.5% | 210 | 76.0% | 710 | 1.5% | 14 |
| Jefferson | 46.6% | 126,558 | 51.8% | 140,644 | 1.6% | 4366 |
| Kiowa | 19.3% | 172 | 79.8% | 712 | 0.9% | 8 |
| Kit Carson | 20.8% | 729 | 77.7% | 2,721 | 1.5% | 52 |
| La Plata | 52.6% | 13,409 | 45.9% | 11,704 | 1.6% | 400 |
| Lake | 55.0% | 1,623 | 42.8% | 1,261 | 2.2% | 65 |
| Larimer | 46.6% | 68,266 | 51.8% | 75,884 | 1.6% | 2286 |
| Las Animas | 50.1% | 3,300 | 48.5% | 3,196 | 1.5% | 96 |
| Lincoln | 21.5% | 503 | 77.8% | 1,819 | 0.6% | 15 |
| Logan | 28.4% | 2,491 | 70.4% | 6,168 | 1.2% | 107 |
| Mesa | 31.6% | 19,564 | 67.1% | 41,539 | 1.3% | 782 |
| Mineral | 36.7% | 227 | 61.9% | 383 | 1.5% | 9 |
| Moffat | 23.7% | 1,355 | 74.2% | 4,247 | 2.1% | 123 |
| Montezuma | 35.1% | 3,867 | 63.4% | 6,988 | 1.5% | 160 |
| Montrose | 29.4% | 4,776 | 69.2% | 11,218 | 1.4% | 225 |
| Morgan | 30.6% | 3,039 | 68.3% | 6,787 | 1.1% | 110 |
| Otero | 38.7% | 3,164 | 60.5% | 4,947 | 0.8% | 69 |
| Ouray | 47.0% | 1,278 | 51.5% | 1,402 | 1.5% | 41 |
| Park | 41.2% | 3,445 | 57.2% | 4,781 | 1.6% | 131 |
| Phillips | 25.0% | 582 | 73.8% | 1,717 | 1.1% | 26 |
| Pitkin | 68.4% | 6,335 | 30.1% | 2,784 | 1.5% | 137 |
| Prowers | 27.6% | 1,308 | 71.5% | 3,392 | 0.9% | 45 |
| Pueblo | 52.6% | 35,369 | 46.3% | 31,117 | 1.0% | 701 |
| Rio Blanco | 18.8% | 566 | 80.0% | 2,403 | 1.1% | 34 |
| Rio Grande | 36.3% | 2,006 | 62.4% | 3,448 | 1.3% | 72 |
| Routt | 54.3% | 6,392 | 44.2% | 5,199 | 1.5% | 171 |
| Saguache | 56.9% | 1,594 | 41.5% | 1,163 | 1.6% | 46 |
| San Juan | 52.1% | 253 | 44.4% | 216 | 3.5% | 17 |
| San Miguel | 71.6% | 2,876 | 26.8% | 1,079 | 1.6% | 64 |
| Sedgwick | 27.5% | 374 | 71.4% | 971 | 1.1% | 15 |
| Summit | 59.3% | 8,144 | 39.1% | 5,370 | 1.6% | 221 |
| Teller | 30.0% | 3,556 | 68.3% | 8,094 | 1.6% | 192 |
| Washington | 18.0% | 455 | 81.0% | 2,050 | 1.0% | 25 |
| Weld | 35.9% | 31,868 | 62.7% | 55,591 | 1.3% | 1194 |
| Yuma | 23.3% | 1,064 | 75.8% | 3,456 | 0.9% | 39 |
