2004 United States presidential election in Utah

none June 2025 September 2023 2004 United States presidential election 2004 United States presidential election in Utah Utah 1922 presidential no 2000 United States presidential election in Utah 2000 2008 United States presidential election in Utah 2008 November 2, 2004 x200px George-W-Bush (cropped).jpeg George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dick Cheney 5 663,742 71.54% John F. Kerry (wide crop).jpg John Kerry Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts John Edwards 0 241,199 26.00% 250px County results 250px Congressional district results Bush #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% President George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) 72.6% (of registered voters) 57.7% (of voting age population) The 2004 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 2, 2004. It was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Utah was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 45.5% 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 is a strongly Republican state and has supported the party's nominee in every presidential election since 1968. With 71.54 percent of the popular vote, Utah was Bush's strongest state in the 2004 election.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 This was the first of five instances in which a presidential candidate gained over 70% of a state's vote after Ronald Reagan's 1984 landslide. The others are Mitt Romney in Utah in 2012, Barack Obama in Hawaii in 2008 and 2012 and Donald Trump in Wyoming in 2024. Three of these involved a candidate with a close tie to the state: Barack Obama was born in Hawaii, and Mitt Romney, as the first Mormon on a major-party presidential ticket, was popular in Mormon-majority Utah and would later represent the state in the United States Senate. Primaries 2004 Utah 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 6 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20101121204958/http://dcpoliticalreport.com/members/2004/Pred2.htm#NW 21 November 2010 usurped +SourceRankingD.C. Political ReportSolid RCook Political ReportSolid RResearch 2000Solid RZogby InternationalLikely RWashington PostLikely RWashington DispatchLikely RWashington TimesSolid RThe New York TimesSolid RCNNLikely RNewsweekSolid RAssociated PressSolid RRasmussen ReportsLikely R Polling The final three polls averaged Bush with 67 percent to Kerry with 25 percent.http://uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/GENERAL/CAMPAIGN/2004/polls.php?fips=49 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060602101048/http://www.uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/GENERAL/CAMPAIGN/2004/polls.php?fips=49 2006-06-02 Election 2004 Polls - Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Fundraising Bush raised $561,645.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 $262,031.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 advertised or visited this state during the fall election.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 Republicans dominate Utah state politics because of the very high Mormon population that accounts for almost seventy percent of the residents throughout the state. Mormons have been known for having very conservative values. While every county voted for Bush, areas such as Summit County (ski resort), Moab (becoming an outpost for environmental activists), Carbon County (largely blue collar), Salt Lake City (urban area with some diversity) and San Juan County (economically distressed and mostly Native American) did give a somewhat greater proportion of their votes to Kerry. However, other areas were uniformly Republican in voting. Utah County's (home of Provo and Brigham Young University) Republican vote (86%) was by far the largest percentage of any county its size in America. Results 2004 United States presidential election in Utah2004 General Election Canvass https://vote.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2004Gen.pdf 30 December 2025Federal Elections 2004 https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2004.pdf Federal Election Commission 30 December 2025 Washington D.C. 38 2005PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican George W. Bush (incumbent) 663,742 71.54% 5 Democratic John Kerry 241,199 26.00% 0 Unaffiliated Ralph Nader 11,305 1.22% 0 Constitution Party Michael Peroutka 6,841 0.74% 0 Libertarian Party Michael Badnarik 3,375 0.36% 0 Personal Choice Party Charles Jay 946 0.10% 0 Socialist Workers Party Roger Calero 393 0.04% 0 Green Party David Cobb 39 0.00% 0 Write Ins 4 0.00% 0 Totals 927,844 100.00% 5 Voter turnout (Voting age population) 57.7% Results by county CountyGeorge W. BushRepublicanJohn KerryDemocraticRalph NaderUnaffiliatedMichael PeroutkaConstitutionVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # %Beaver2,02379.52%49319.38%120.47%90.35%70.28%1,53060.14%2,544Box Elder15,75185.75%2,24412.22%1450.79%1440.78%840.46%13,50773.53%18,368Cache32,48681.76%6,37516.05%4131.04%2740.69%1830.46%26,11165.71%39,731Carbon4,95058.18%3,41540.14%830.98%220.26%380.45%1,53518.04%8,508Daggett38076.15%10821.64%61.20%30.60%20.20%27254.51%499Davis86,18778.88%20,89319.12%1,0550.97%6950.64%4380.41%65,29459.76%109,268Duchesne4,74285.35%73813.28%270.49%320.58%170.31%4,00472.07%5,556Emery3,78180.83%83117.76%230.49%290.62%140.30%2,95063.07%4,678Garfield1,84885.48%26412.21%221.02%160.74%120.56%1,58473.27%2,162Grand2,13051.14%1,85844.61%1182.83%200.48%390.94%2726.53%4,165Iron12,81582.97%2,26714.68%1110.72%1691.09%840.54%10,54868.29%15,446Juab2,68178.46%60517.71%200.59%982.87%130.38%2,07660.75%3,417Kane2,41479.12%57618.88%250.82%190.62%170.55%1,83860.24%3,051Millard4,08483.74%62612.84%280.57%1182.42%210.43%3,45870.90%4,877Morgan3,30185.94%47212.29%250.65%240.62%190.49%2,82973.65%3,841Piute64683.57%12315.91%30.39%10.13%00.00%52367.66%773Rich92288.91%10910.51%50.48%10.10%00.00%81378.40%1,037Salt Lake215,72859.57%135,94937.54%6,0251.66%2,1990.61%2,2370.62%79,77922.03%362,138San Juan2,97160.02%1,90638.51%300.61%240.48%190.38%1,06521.51%4,950Sanpete7,00482.33%1,18913.98%580.68%2172.55%390.46%5,81568.35%8,507Sevier6,59786.34%92012.04%370.48%600.79%270.35%5,67774.30%7,641Summit7,93651.83%6,97745.57%2651.73%360.24%980.64%9596.26%15,312Tooele12,18173.10%4,13024.78%1500.90%1110.67%920.55%8,05148.32%16,664Uintah8,51885.55%1,26612.71%420.42%990.99%320.32%7,25272.84%9,957Utah128,26985.99%17,35711.64%1,2890.86%1,6211.09%6370.43%110,91274.35%149,173Wasatch5,50373.26%1,85424.68%600.80%650.87%300.40%3,64948.58%7,512Washington35,63380.95%7,51317.07%3010.68%3620.82%2090.47%28,12063.88%44,018Wayne1,06278.09%27920.51%100.74%50.37%40.29%78357.58%1,360Weber51,19970.43%19,86227.32%9171.26%3680.51%3450.47%31,33743.11%72,691Totals663,74271.54%241,19926.00%11,3051.22%6,8410.74%4,7570.51%422,54345.54%927,844 right 300px Swing by county Legend #09ceff Democratic — +10-12.5% #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% #ff2a2a Republican — +10-12.5% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5-15% #d40000 Republican — +>15% 300px Trend by county Legend #00a1c8 Democratic — +>15% #09ceff Democratic — +10-12.5% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #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% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5-15% Results by congressional district Bush won all three congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat. District Bush Kerry RepresentativeUtah 1 1st 73% 25%Rob BishopUtah 2 2nd 66% 31%Jim MathesonUtah 3 3rd 77% 20%Chris Cannon Electors List of 2004 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Utah is allocated five electors because it has three congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of five electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins a plurality of votes in the state is awarded all five 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 the state. All 5 were pledged to Bush/Cheney: Olene S. Walker Gayle McKeachnie Lewis K. Billings Joseph A. Cannon Scott F. Simpson See also United States presidential elections in Utah Presidency of George W. Bush References Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas Official 2004 Utah General Election Results Utah 2004 Presidential