2004 United States presidential election in Alaska

none June 2025 September 2023 2004 United States presidential election 2004 United States presidential election in Alaska Alaska presidential no 2000 United States presidential election in Alaska 2000 2008 United States presidential election in Alaska 2008 November 2, 2004 x200px George-W-Bush (cropped).jpeg George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dick Cheney 3 190,889 61.07% John F. Kerry (wide crop).jpg John Kerry Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts John Edwards 0 111,025 35.52% 400px Borough and census area results (modern boundaries, estimated) 400px Borough and census area results (concurrent boundaries, estimated) 2 Bush #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Kerry #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% President George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) The 2004 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 2, 2004, and 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. Alaska was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 25.6% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all leading news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. It has voted for a Republican presidential nominee in every presidential election since statehood, except for 1964. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the most recent time a presidential candidate has received over 60% of the vote in Alaska, as well as the last time that Bethel, Kusilvak, Yakutat, and Nome Census Areas voted for the Republican candidate. Primaries 2004 Alaska Democratic presidential primary Campaign Predictions There were 12 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day.http://dcpoliticalreport.com/members/2004/Pred2.htm#NW D.C.'s Political Report 2004 Presidential Ratings October 29, 2004 dcpoliticalreport.com January 15, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20101121204958/http://dcpoliticalreport.com/members/2004/Pred2.htm#NW November 21, 2010 usurped +SourceRankingD.C. Political ReportSolid RAssociated PressSolid RCNNLikely RCook Political ReportSolid RNewsweekSolid RNew York TimesSolid RRasmussen ReportsLikely RResearch 2000Solid RWashington PostLikely RWashington TimesSolid RZogby InternationalLikely RWashington DispatchLikely R Polling Statewide opinion polling for the 2004 United States presidential election#Alaska Statewide opinion polling for the 2004 United States presidential election: Alaska Only one pre-election poll was conducted in this state. Bush won the poll with 57% to 30%.http://uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/GENERAL/CAMPAIGN/2004/polls.php?fips=2 Election 2004 Polls - Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections David Leip January 14, 2015 Fundraising Bush raised $263,269.http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/campaigns/george_w_bush.asp?cycle=04 George W Bush - $374,659,453 raised, '04 election cycle, Republican Party, President January 14, 2015 Kerry raised $169,533.http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/campaigns/john_f_kerry.asp?cycle=04 John F Kerry - $345,826,176 raised, '04 election cycle, Democratic Party, President January 14, 2015 Advertising and visits Neither campaign advertised or visited this state during the fall campaign.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/campaign.ads/ CNN.com Specials CNN January 14, 2015http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/tracking/10.25.html CNN.com Specials CNN January 14, 2015 Analysis The Democratic presidential ticket did better here in 2004 compared to 2000, narrowing the Republican advantage from around 31 percentage points in 2000 to approximately 25 percentage points in 2004. John Kerry obtained nearly 36 percent of the vote, approximately 8 percentage points (or 32,021 votes) more than Al Gore's showing of around 28 percent in 2000. In comparison, incumbent President George W. Bush only increased his vote in Alaska by around 2 percent (or 23,491 votes) from nearly 59 percent in 2000 to approximately 61 percent in 2004. Results 2004 United States presidential election in AlaskaClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives Clerk of the United States House of Representatives Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 2004 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004election.pdfPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican George W. Bush (incumbent) 190,889 61.07% 3 Democratic John Kerry 111,025 35.52% 0 Independent Ralph Nader 5,069 1.62% 0 Alaska Independence Michael Peroutka 2,092 0.67% 0 Libertarian Michael Badnarik 1,675 0.54% 0 Green David Cobb 1,058 0.34% 0 Independent Write-ins 790 0.25% 0 Totals 312,598 100.00% 3 Voter turnout (Voting age) 68% Boroughs and census areas that flipped from Republican to Democratic Juneau Sitka Skagway Hoonah–Angoon Census Area (largest town: Hoonah) Boroughs and census areas that flipped from Democratic to Republican Bethel Census Area (largest town: Bethel) right 300px Swing by Borough 300px Trend relative to the state by Borough Legend #d40000 Republican — >15% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5−15% #ff2a2a Republican — +10−12.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5−10% #ff8080 Republican — +5−7.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5−5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0−2.5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0−2.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5−5% #77e3ff Democratic — +5−7.5% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #09ceff Democratic — +10−12.5% #00bdec Democratic — +12.5−15% #00a1c8 Democratic — >15% 300px Borough flips Legend Democratic #0671b0 Flip Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip By congressional district Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district, an at-large district because it covers the entire state, is thus equivalent to the statewide election results. District Bush Kerry RepresentativeAt-large 61.1% 35.5%Don Young Electors List of 2004 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of Alaska cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Alaska is allocated 3 electors because it has 1 congressional districts and 2 senators. 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 their 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 their 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 the state. All were pledged to and voted for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/elections/forms/2004electorslist.pdf November 2, 2004 General Election State of Alaska Division of Elections June 27, 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080514210900/http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/elections/forms/2004electorslist.pdf May 14, 2008 Gloria J. Tokar Frederick H. Hahn Roberly R. Waldron See also United States presidential elections in Alaska References Alaska 2004 Presidential