2004 United States presidential election in Delaware information
Main article: 2004 United States presidential election
2004 United States presidential election in Delaware
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November 2, 2004
2008 →
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
200,152
171,660
Percentage
53.35%
45.75%
County Results
State House Results
Kerry
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Bush
50-60%
60-70%
President before election
George W. Bush
Republican
Elected President
George W. Bush
Republican
The 2004 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Delaware was won by Democratic nominee John Kerry by a 7.6% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations handicapping the election predicted that Kerry would win Delaware, though with varying degrees of confidence; the First State was a key bellwether for much of the 20th century, but Al Gore's comfortable victory four years earlier amidst a national loss marked its move towards the Democratic Party. Kerry won Delaware without either campaign seriously contesting it, but with a 5.5% swing to Bush compared to Gore's performance in 2000. The swing was largely concentrated in Kent and Sussex Counties, in which Bush's margins increased by double digits; New Castle County, the state's most populous, only swung about a point to Bush, continuing its consolidation as the state's Democratic base.
As of 2020, this is the last election in which Delaware was decided by a single-digit margin, and the only time since 1948 that Delaware has not backed the national popular vote winner. Bush became the only Republican since 1880 to win the popular vote without Delaware, and the last to win 60% of the vote in any county in the state (namely Sussex). Bush was the first Republican since Abraham Lincoln to win two terms without ever carrying the state.
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