2004 United States presidential election in Wyoming

none June 2025 September 2023 2004 United States presidential election 2004 United States presidential election in Wyoming Wyoming presidential no 2000 United States presidential election in Wyoming 2000 2008 United States presidential election in Wyoming 2008 November 2, 2004 x200px George-W-Bush (cropped).jpeg George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dick Cheney 3 167,629 68.86% John F. Kerry (wide crop).jpg John Kerry Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts John Edwards 0 70,776 29.07% 2004 United States presidential election in Wyoming results map by county.svg 280px County results Bush #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Kerry #86b6f2 50–60% President George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) 64.1% (of voting age population) The 2004 United States presidential election in Wyoming 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. Wyoming was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 39.8% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. This was based on pre-election polling, the fact that the last Democrat to win here was Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, the presence of Wyoming native Dick Cheney on the ticket, and how Bush carried this state in 2000 with almost 68% of the vote. On election day Bush won every county with over 65% except for Teton County, which Kerry won with 53% and Albany County, which Bush won with 54% of the vote. Bush thus became the first ever Republican to win the White House without carrying Teton County. With 68.86% of the popular vote, Wyoming would prove to be Bush's second strongest state in the 2004 election after neighboring Utah.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=2004&f=0&off=0&elect=0 2004 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 Caucuses 2004 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses 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 17 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20101121204958/http://dcpoliticalreport.com/members/2004/Pred2.htm#NW 21 November 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 Only one pre-election poll was conducted. It showed Bush leading Kerry 65% to 29%.http://uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/GENERAL/CAMPAIGN/2004/polls.php?fips=56 Election 2004 Polls - Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2009-10-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20081128095535/http://www.uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/GENERAL/CAMPAIGN/2004/polls.php?fips=56 2008-11-28 dead Fundraising Bush raised $531,380.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 www.campaignmoney.com Kerry raised $466,535.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 www.campaignmoney.com Advertising and visits Neither campaign advertised or visited this state during the fall campaign.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/tracking/ CNN.com Specials www.cnn.comhttp://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/campaign.ads/ CNN.com Specials www.cnn.com Analysis Wyoming is a Republican bastion. The last Democrat to win a senate election was Gale W. McGee in 1970. The last Democrat to win the at-large House seat was Teno Roncalio in 1976. The last time the Democrats controlled the Wyoming House of Representatives was 1966. The last time Democrats controlled the Wyoming Senate was 1938. The state, however, did continuously have Democratic governors from 1975 to 2011 with only an eight-year interruption of Jim Geringer's tenure from 1995 to 2003. In presidential elections, Wyoming is one of the most reliable red states in the country. The last Democrat to carry the state, or even crack the 40% mark, was LBJ in 1964, and before that was Harry S. Truman in 1948. Since 1968, every Republican carried this state by a double-digit margin of victory, except in 1992. As far as popular vote percentage, the 2004 results were the third best performance by the Republican party since 1964, behind only Richard Nixon (69.0%) in 1972 and Ronald Reagan (70.5%) in 1984. With regards to the margin of victory, the 2004 election (at 39.8%) was also the third best performance, behind only George W. Bush (40.1%) in 2000 and Ronald Reagan (42.3%) in 1984. CNN exit polls showed 72% of the state approved of Bush, and 69% approved of his decision to go to war.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/WY/P/00/epolls.0.html CNN.com Election 2004 www.cnn.com Results 2004 United States presidential election in Wyominghttp://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/WY/ CNN.com Election 2004 www.cnn.comPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican George W. Bush (Inc.) Dick Cheney (incumbent) 167,629 68.86% 3 Democratic John Kerry John Edwards 70,776 29.07% 0 Independent Ralph Nader Peter Camejo 2,741 1.13% 0 Libertarian Michael Badnarik Richard Campagna 1,171 0.48% 0 Independent Michael Peroutka Chuck Baldwin 631 0.26% 0 Write Ins 480 0.20% 0 Totals 243,428 100.00% 3 Voter turnout (Voting age population) 64.1% By county County George W. BushRepublican John KerryDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast#%#%#%#% Albany 9,006 54.17% 7,117 42.81% 501 3.01% 1,889 11.36% 16,624 Big Horn 4,232 80.11% 960 18.17% 91 1.72% 3,272 61.94% 5,283 Campbell 12,415 82.22% 2,464 16.32% 220 1.46% 9,951 65.90% 15,099 Carbon 4,758 67.23% 2,158 30.49% 161 2.27% 2,600 36.74% 7,077 Converse 4,447 77.68% 1,184 20.68% 94 1.64% 3,263 57.00% 5,725 Crook 2,836 83.51% 501 14.75% 59 1.74% 2,335 68.76% 3,396 Fremont 11,429 66.85% 5,338 31.22% 329 1.92% 6,091 35.63% 17,096 Goshen 4,114 71.19% 1,566 27.10% 99 1.71% 2,548 44.09% 5,779 Hot Springs 1,812 73.06% 623 25.12% 45 1.81% 1,189 47.94% 2,480 Johnson 3,231 80.96% 676 16.94% 84 2.10% 2,555 64.02% 3,991 Laramie 25,951 65.07% 13,171 33.03% 757 1.90% 12,780 32.04% 39,879 Lincoln 6,423 81.16% 1,364 17.24% 127 1.60% 5,059 63.92% 7,914 Natrona 21,512 67.08% 9,863 30.76% 693 2.16% 11,649 36.32% 32,068 Niobrara 1,064 80.97% 230 17.50% 20 1.52% 834 63.47% 1,314 Park 10,917 76.71% 3,007 21.13% 307 2.16% 7,910 55.58% 14,231 Platte 3,149 68.85% 1,328 29.03% 97 2.12% 1,821 39.82% 4,574 Sheridan 9,689 69.06% 4,066 28.98% 274 1.95% 5,623 40.08% 14,029 Sublette 2,847 77.98% 730 19.99% 74 2.03% 2,117 57.99% 3,651 Sweetwater 10,653 65.47% 5,208 32.01% 411 2.53% 5,445 33.46% 16,272 Teton 5,124 45.11% 5,972 52.58% 263 2.32% -848 -7.47% 11,359 Uinta 6,081 75.25% 1,815 22.46% 185 2.29% 4,266 52.79% 8,081 Washakie 3,200 77.78% 855 20.78% 59 1.43% 2,345 57.00% 4,114 Weston 2,739 80.75% 580 17.10% 73 2.15% 2,159 63.65% 3,392Total167,62968.86%70,77629.07%5,0232.07%96,85339.79%243,428 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Teton (largest city: Jackson) right 250px Swing by county Legend #00a1c8 Democratic — +>15% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5-5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0-2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5-5% #ff8080 Republican — +5-7.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5-10% 250px Trend by county Legend #00a1c8 Democratic — +>15% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5-5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0-2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5-5% #ff8080 Republican — +5-7.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5-10% 250px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold #0671b0 Flip Republican #f48882 Hold By congressional district Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district, called the at-large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results. District Bush Kerry RepresentativeAt-large 68.9% 29.1%Barbara Cubin Electors List of 2004 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of Wyoming cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Wyoming is allocated three electors because it has one congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of three electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and their running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all three 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 three were pledged for Bush/Cheney.http://soswy.state.wy.us/election/2004/elector.htm Wyoming Secretary of State 2009-10-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20081130012205/http://soswy.state.wy.us/election/2004/elector.htm 2008-11-30 dead Linda Barker Jack Van Mark Mike Baker See also United States presidential elections in Wyoming Presidency of George W. Bush References Wyoming 2004 Presidential election, 2004