2004 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia

none June 2025 September 2023 2004 United States presidential election 2004 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia District of Columbia presidential no 2000 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia 2000 2008 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia 2008 November 2, 2004 x200px John F. Kerry (wide crop).jpg John Kerry Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts John Edwards 3 202,970 89.18% Image:George-W-Bush (cropped).jpeg George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dick Cheney 0 21,256 9.34% 250px Ward results 250px Precinct results Kerry #4389E3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% President George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) The 2004 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia took place on November 2, 2004, as 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. Prior to the election, Washington DC was considered to be a jurisdiction Kerry would win or safely blue. As expected, the District of Columbia voted by an extremely large margin in favor of the Democratic candidate John F. Kerry. John F. Kerry won DC by a margin of victory of 79.84% over the incumbent George W. Bush, more than any state. At the time, this was also the largest Democratic margin of victory over a Republican candidate in the history of the district, but has since been surpassed by all presidential elections since. The greatest victory margin of these subsequent years was in 2016. Such victory margins may perhaps be attributed to the fact that D.C. only encompasses an urban core area (and those are generally very liberal in nature). A recent San Francisco study based on the 2004 presidential election exit polls, ranked Washington, D.C. as the 4th most liberal city in the country.http://www.votingresearch.org/ Voting Research Voting Research 8 October 2014 This information supports the fact that the District of Columbia has never voted for a Republican since the ratification of the 23rd Amendment. As of 2024, this marks the last time that a Democratic presidential nominee would receive less than 90% of the vote in the District of Columbia. Primaries 2004 District of Columbia Democratic primary Campaign Predictions There were 12 news organizations that made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day.Article title +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 Results 2004 United States presidential election in the District of ColumbiaPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic John Kerry John Edwards202,97089.18%3 Republican George W. Bush (incumbent) Dick Cheney (incumbent)21,2569.34%0 Independent Ralph Nader Peter Camejo1,4850.65%0 Green David Cobb Pat LaMarche7370.32%0 Libertarian Michael Badnarik Richard Campagna5020.22%0 Others Others Others6360.28%0 Totals 227,586 100.00% 3 Voter turnout ??? — By ward WardOur Campaigns - DC US President Race - Nov 02, 2004 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6147 2025-08-11 www.ourcampaigns.comJohn KerryDemocraticGeorge W. BushRepublicanOther candidatesVarious partiesMarginTotal votescast#%#%#%#%Ward 123,72790.92%1,7516.71%6182.37%21,97684.21%26,096Ward 220,69182.99%3,71314.89%5292.12%16,97868.10%24,933Ward 328,35878.79%6,95319.32%6821.89%21,40559.47%35,993Ward 430,34192.37%2,1566.56%3521.07%28,18585.81%32,849Ward 527,34893.73%1,5205.21%3091.06%25,82888.52%29,177Ward 625,65486.86%3,33911.31%5411.83%22,31575.55%29,534Ward 725,91495.58%1,0063.71%1920.71%24,90891.87%27,112Ward 819,87296.08%6893.33%1220.59%19,18392.75%20,683Total201,90589.18%21,1279.34%3,3451.48%180,77879.84%226,377 Electors List of 2004 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of D.C. cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. D.C. is allocated 3 electors. 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 his or her 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 his or her 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 D.C. All were pledged to and voted for John Kerry and John Edwards. Linda W. Cropp Jack Evans Arrington L. Dixon See also United States presidential elections in the District of Columbia References External links Results on D.C. 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