2004 United States presidential election in Connecticut

none June 2025 September 2023 2004 United States presidential election 2004 United States presidential election in Connecticut Connecticut presidential no 2000 United States presidential election in Connecticut 2000 2008 United States presidential election in Connecticut 2008 78.65%https://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/CZL/2006/01/13/0000016586/viewer/file42.html Summary of election day registration, turnout and absentee ballot statistics, November 2, 2004 CT State Library November 2, 2004 x200px John F. Kerry (wide crop).jpg John Kerry Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts John Edwards 7 857,488 54.31% File:George-W-Bush (cropped).jpeg George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dick Cheney 0 693,826 43.95% 250px County results 250px Municipality results 250px Congressional district results 1 Kerry #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% Bush #F2B3BE 40–50% #E27F90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% Tie #AE8BB1 50% President George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) The 2004 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Connecticut was won by Democratic nominee John Kerry by a margin of 10.4%. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Kerry would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. Connecticut is also the birth state of the Republican nominee, the incumbent president George W. Bush. As of the 2024 election, this would be the last time a Republican would carry the towns of Bethel, Cheshire, and Madison, and the last time Bristol voted for the nationwide losing candidate. Primaries 2004 Connecticut 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 Archived copy dcpoliticalreport.com 22 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20101121204958/http://dcpoliticalreport.com/members/2004/Pred2.htm#NW 21 November 2010 usurped +SourceRankingD.C. Political ReportSolid DAssociated PressSolid DCNNLikely DCook Political ReportSolid DNewsweekSolid DNew York TimesSolid DRasmussen ReportsLikely DResearch 2000Solid DWashington PostLikely DWashington TimesSolid DZogby InternationalLikely DWashington DispatchLikely D Polling Statewide opinion polling for the 2004 United States presidential election#Connecticut Statewide opinion polling for the 2004 United States presidential election: Connecticut Kerry won every single pre-election poll. The final 3 poll averaged Kerry leading 52% to 42% for Bush and 2% for Nader.http://uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/GENERAL/CAMPAIGN/2004/polls.php?fips=1 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060602100725/http://www.uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/GENERAL/CAMPAIGN/2004/polls.php?fips=1 2006-06-02 Election 2004 Polls - Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Fundraising Bush raised $4,256,438.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 Kerry raised $4,195,038.http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/campaigns/john_f_kerry.asp?cycle=04 John F Kerry - $345,826,176 raised, '04 election cycle, Democrat Party, President Advertising and visits Neither campaign visited or advertised in this state during the fall campaign.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/campaign.ads/ CNN.com Specials CNN http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/tracking/10.25.html CNN.com Specials CNN Analysis All counties but Litchfield County and congressional districts went Democratic. Litchfield County is regarded as the most conservative county in the state, along with adjacent Fairfield County to the south, although this county does tend to vote majority Democratic. Hartford County, Middlesex County, New Haven County, and New London County each are regarded as the most loyally democratic counties in Connecticut. The Republican Party's last presidential victory in Connecticut was during the 1988 election of Bush's father, George H. W. Bush. However, Kerry's victory in Connecticut was not as large as Al Gore's lead in 2000, when the then-vice president won the state by 17.47% percent and a majority of all the state's counties. However, in 2000 Gore's running mate was Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman. George W. Bush lost Connecticut decisively even though he was born in New Haven and is part of a family that has been a political dynasty in Connecticut for much of the 20th century. Despite his family background, as a presidential candidate, Bush was considered a Texan and largely perceived as a Southern candidate, and consequently, he had little appeal to voters in Northeastern states like Connecticut. Ironically, despite not winning his own birth state, Bush did win Colorado, Kerry's birth state, making this the only presidential election since 1864 where no candidate was able to win their state of birth. This is the first election since 1968 in which the Republican nominee won the popular vote without carrying Connecticut. Bush was the first Republican to ever win two terms without ever carrying the state. Results 2004 United States presidential election in Connecticuthttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2004&fips=9&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Connecticut 2004PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic John Kerry 857,488 54.31% 7 Republican George W. Bush (incumbent) 693,826 43.95% 0 Independent Ralph Nader 12,969 0.82% 0 Green David Cobb 9,564 0.61% 0 Libertarian Michael Badnarik 3,367 0.2% 0 Concerned Citizens Party Michael Peroutka 1,543 0.1% 0 Write In Roger Calero 12 0.0% 0 Totals 1,578,769 100.00% 7 Voter turnout (Voting Age population) 59.6% By county County John KerryDemocratic George W. BushRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Fairfield 205,902 51.35% 189,605 47.29% 5,460 1.36% 16,297 4.06% 400,967 Hartford 229,902 58.68% 154,919 39.54% 6,987 1.78% 74,983 19.14% 391,808 Litchfield 44,647 46.19% 50,160 51.89% 1,861 1.92% -5,513 -5.70% 96,668 Middlesex 47,292 56.31% 35,252 41.97% 1,440 1.72% 12,040 14.34% 83,984 New Haven 199,060 54.33% 160,390 43.78% 6,942 1.89% 38,670 10.55% 366,392 New London 66,062 55.81% 49,931 42.19% 2,367 2.00% 16,131 13.62% 118,360 Tolland 39,146 54.57% 31,245 43.56% 1,338 1.87% 7,901 11.01% 71,729 Windham 25,477 52.14% 22,324 45.69% 1,060 2.16% 3,153 6.45% 48,861Totals857,48854.31%693,82643.95%27,4551.74%163,66210.36%1,578,769 right 220px Swing by county Legend #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5-5% #ff8080 Republican — +5-7.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5-10% #ff2a2a Republican — +10-12.5% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5-15% 220px Trend by county Legend #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5-5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0-2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5-5% 220px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold Republican #ca0120 Flip Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Litchfield (largest municipality: Torrington) By congressional district Kerry won all five congressional districts, including three that elected Republicans.https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/2004sovpdf.pdf?rev=c6e3c4bf07154029b49d64c658f719d6&hash=7E93CBAF5C4E6166A4561D2EDFEB442B Statement of Vote Secretary of the State of Connecticut May 15, 2025 live https://web.archive.org/web/20250323105520/https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/2004sovpdf.pdf?rev=c6e3c4bf07154029b49d64c658f719d6&hash=7E93CBAF5C4E6166A4561D2EDFEB442B 2025-03-23 District Bush Kerry RepresentativeConnecticut 1 1st 39% 60%John LarsonConnecticut 2 2nd 44% 54%Rob SimmonsConnecticut 3 3rd 42% 56%Rosa DeLauroConnecticut 4 4th 46% 52%Chris ShaysConnecticut 5 5th 49.0% 49.3%Nancy Johnson Electors List of 2004 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of Connecticut cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Connecticut is allocated 7 electors because it has 5 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 9 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and their running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 7 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 Connecticut. All were pledged to John Kerry and John Edwards: Elizabeth O'Neill Andrea J. Jackson-Brooks Donna King Larry Pleasant David J. Papandrea Andres Ayala Joshua King See also United States presidential elections in Connecticut Presidency of George W. Bush References External links US Election Atlas, by David Leip Detailed results by Town, on Boston Globe's site Connecticut 2004 Presidential