2004 United States presidential election in Arizona
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The 2004 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arizona was won by incumbent George W. Bush by 10.5%. Prior to the election, 12 news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Neither major party tickets campaigned here in the fall election. Arizona hosted the third presidential debate on October 13, 2004, in the city of Tempe.
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time Arizona was won by a double-digit margin of victory. This was the first election in which any candidate won more than a million votes as well as in which Maricopa County cast more than a million ballots. Until 2016, this would be the last time Arizona voted to the left of Georgia or North Carolina. As of 2020, this is the last time Arizona voted to the right of Arkansas.
Primaries[]
- 2004 Arizona Democratic 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.[1]
- D.C. Political Report: Solid Republican
- Associated Press: Leans Bush
- CNN: Bush
- Cook Political Report: Likely Republican
- Newsweek: Solid Bush
- New York Times: Leans Bush
- Rasmussen Reports: Bush
- Research 2000: Solid Bush
- Washington Post: Bush
- Washington Times: Leans Bush
- Zogby International: Bush
- Washington Dispatch: Bush
Polling[]
Throughout several polls taken in the state in 2004, just one showed Kerry leading. The final 3 pre-election polls showed that Bush was leading with 51% to Kerry's 43%.[2]
Fundraising[]
Bush raised $3,196,692.[3] Kerry raised $1,525,930.[4]
Advertising and visits[]
Neither campaign advertised or visited this state during the fall campaign.[5][6]
Analysis[]
The exit polls showed that Bush was the going to be the clear winner of the state, based on the fact that both Bush won among both genders. A major key factor was how 55% of the people thought the state economy was good, and 70% of those people voted for Bush. Also, 55% of the state approved of Bush.[7]
The key to Bush's victory was winning the highly populated Maricopa County with almost 57%. However, Kerry did win portions of state such as Arizona's 4th congressional district and Arizona's 7th congressional district and 4 counties. 50% of the voting age population came out to vote.
Results[]
2004 United States presidential election in Arizona[8][9][10] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | George W. Bush | 1,104,294 | 54.77% | 10 | |
Democratic | John Kerry | 893,524 | 44.32% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Michael Badnarik | 11,856 | 0.59% | 0 | |
Write In | Write-in candidate | 3,517 | 0.17% | 0 | |
Write In | Ralph Nader | 2,773 | 0.14% | 0 | |
Write In | David Cobb | 138 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Totals | 2,012,585 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
Voter turnout (voting age) | 49.6% |
Results by county[]
Bush won all but four counties.[11]
County | George W. Bush[12] Republican |
John Kerry[12] Democratic |
Michael Badnarik[12] Libertarian |
Various candidates[12] Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Apache | 8,384 | 34.65% | 15,658 | 64.71% | 142 | 0.59% | 14 | 0.06% | −7,274 | −30.06% | 24,198 |
Cochise | 26,556 | 59.70% | 17,514 | 39.37% | 318 | 0.71% | 95 | 0.21% | 9,042 | 20.33% | 44,483 |
Coconino | 22,526 | 43.10% | 29,243 | 55.95% | 377 | 0.72% | 121 | 0.23% | −6,717 | −12.85% | 52,267 |
Gila | 12,343 | 59.22% | 8,314 | 39.89% | 155 | 0.74% | 31 | 0.15% | 4,029 | 19.33% | 20,843 |
Graham | 7,467 | 69.65% | 3,185 | 29.71% | 66 | 0.62% | 2 | 0.02% | 4,282 | 39.94% | 10,720 |
Greenlee | 1,899 | 61.92% | 1,146 | 37.37% | 19 | 0.62% | 3 | 0.10% | 753 | 24.55% | 3,067 |
La Paz | 3,158 | 62.47% | 1,849 | 36.58% | 45 | 0.89% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,309 | 25.90% | 5,055 |
Maricopa | 679,455 | 56.97% | 504,849 | 42.33% | 6,776 | 0.57% | 1,671 | 0.14% | 174,606 | 14.64% | 1,192,751 |
Mohave | 36,794 | 63.65% | 20,503 | 35.47% | 393 | 0.68% | 117 | 0.20% | 16,291 | 28.18% | 57,807 |
Navajo | 17,277 | 53.42% | 14,815 | 45.81% | 224 | 0.69% | 27 | 0.08% | 2,462 | 7.61% | 32,343 |
Pima | 171,109 | 46.64% | 193,128 | 52.64% | 2,109 | 0.57% | 561 | 0.15% | −22,019 | −6.00% | 366,907 |
Pinal | 37,006 | 57.27% | 27,252 | 42.17% | 333 | 0.52% | 31 | 0.05% | 9,754 | 15.09% | 64,622 |
Santa Cruz | 4,668 | 40.01% | 6,909 | 59.21% | 80 | 0.69% | 11 | 0.09% | −2,241 | −19.21% | 11,668 |
Yavapai | 53,468 | 61.18% | 33,127 | 37.91% | 612 | 0.70% | 182 | 0.21% | 20,341 | 23.28% | 87,389 |
Yuma | 22,184 | 57.67% | 16,032 | 41.68% | 207 | 0.54% | 42 | 0.11% | 6,152 | 15.99% | 38,465 |
Totals | 1,104,294 | 54.77% | 893,524 | 44.32% | 11,856 | 0.59% | 2,911 | 0.14% | 210,770 | 10.45% | 2,016,102[a] |
Results by congressional district[]
Bush won six of eight congressional districts.[13]
District | Bush | Kerry | Representative |
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1st | 54% | 46% | Rick Renzi |
2nd | 61% | 38% | Trent Franks |
3rd | 58% | 41% | John Shadegg |
4th | 38% | 62% | Ed Pastor |
5th | 54% | 45% | J. D. Hayworth |
6th | 64% | 35% | Jeff Flake |
7th | 43% | 57% | Raul Grijalva |
8th | 53% | 46% | Jim Kolbe |
Electors[]
Technically the voters of Arizona cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Arizona is allocated 10 electors because it has 8 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 10 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 10 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 this state. All were pledged to and voted for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.[14]
- Linda Barber
- Malcolm Barrett
- Jim Click
- Cynthia J. Collins
- Webb Crockett
- Elizabeth Wilkinson Fannin
- Ross Farnsworth
- Ira A. Fulton
- Bernice C. Roberts
- Phillip Townsend
Notes[]
- ^ This total includes 3,517 write-in votes for miscellaneous candidates that were not separated by county.
References[]
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ "George W Bush - $374,659,453 raised, '04 election cycle, Republican Party, President". Campaignmoney.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ "John F Kerry - $345,826,176 raised, '04 election cycle, Democratic Party, President". Campaignmoney.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ "Specials". Cnn.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ "Specials". Cnn.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ "Election 2004". Cnn.com. 1970-04-13. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ "Election 2004". Cnn.com. 1970-04-13. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2009-07-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "2004 Presidential General Election Results - Arizona".
- ^ "Election 2004". Cnn.com. 1970-04-13. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Our campaigns; AZ US President Race, November 07, 2000
- ^ "Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000-2008". Swingstateproject.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2009-06-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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