2004 United States presidential election in Texas
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The 2004 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 34 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Texas was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 22.87% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered Texas as a safe red state. The Lone Star State is a Republican stronghold and is Bush's home state as well as the state he once served as the governor of. As of the 2020 presidential election, Texas has not voted for a Democratic candidate in a U.S. presidential election since Jimmy Carter's victory in 1976.
As John Kerry lost Texas, this is the last time, as of the 2020 presidential election, where the Democratic candidate lost the state with less than 40% of the vote or a Republican has broken 60% of the vote in the Lone Star State. Likewise, Bush is the last Republican to win any of the following counties: Bexar, Cameron, Culberson, Dallas, and Harris County. This was the first election a county in Texas cast more than a million votes, the county being Harris.
Bush, who made historic gains with Latino voters in 2004,[2] drew even with Kerry among Texas Latinos, winning 49% to Kerry's 50%.[3] As of 2021, this election is the closest a Republican has come to carrying the Latino vote in Texas.
This is the last presidential election in which Texas voted to the right of West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, or Louisiana. This is also the first time since 1984 in which a Republican candidate has gotten over 60% of the vote, and as of 2021, the last time due to the increasing Democratic shift in many counties Bush carried in this election, with many counties swinging hard towards Barack Obama in 2008.
Primaries[]
- 2004 Texas 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.[4]
- D.C. Political Report: Solid Republican
- Associated Press: Solid Bush
- CNN: Bush
- Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
- Newsweek: Solid Bush
- New York Times: Solid Bush
- Rasmussen Reports: Bush
- Research 2000: Solid Bush
- Washington Post: Bush
- Washington Times: Solid Bush
- Zogby International: Bush
- Washington Dispatch: Bush
Polling[]
Bush won every single pre-election poll, and won each with at least 55% of the vote and a double-digit margin of victory. The final three polls averaged Bush leading 59% to 37%.[5]
Fundraising[]
Bush raised $23,776,943.[6] Kerry raised $5,554,831.[7]
Advertising and visits[]
Neither campaign advertised or visited this state during the fall election.[8][9]
Analysis[]
This section does not cite any sources. (March 2010) |
Texas, located in the South, has become a consistently Republican state at all levels. Economically and racially diverse, Texas includes a huge swath of the Bible Belt where many voters, especially those in rural Texas, identify as born-again or evangelical Christians and therefore tend to vote Republican due to the party's opposition to abortion. Although once part of the Solid South, the last time Texas voted for a Democratic presidential nominee was Jimmy Carter in 1976. George Bush achieved his party's best result in Texas since Ronald Reagan's second landslide in 1984.
President Bush carried 236 of the state's 254 counties, improving on his performance from 2000. East Texas, historically the most Democratic region in the state, also swung more towards the Republican Party. South Texas, while still losing the region heavily to Senator Kerry, swung towards Bush as well. The only regions to swing in Kerry's favor were parts of Metro Houston, the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex, and the Austin area. Out of the three regions, only Travis County in the Austin area flipped back into the Democratic column due to the city's strong liberal leanings and opposition to the Iraq War. Although Bush carried Dallas County by a narrow margin of 50% to Kerry's 49%, the city of Dallas proper voted heavily for Kerry, winning 57% of the vote.
Results[]
2004 United States presidential election in Texas[10][11] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican Party | George W. Bush | 4,526,917 | 61.09% | 34 | |
Democratic | John Kerry | 2,832,704 | 38.22% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Michael Badnarik | 38,787 | 0.52% | 0 | |
Write-in | Ralph Nader | 9,159 | 0.12% | 0 | |
Write-in | Michael Peroutka | 1,636 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Write-in | David Cobb | 1,014 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Write-in | 219 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Write-in | 126 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Write-in | Walt Brown | 111 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Write-in | 92 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Totals | 7,410,765 | 100.00% | 34 | ||
Voter turnout (voting age population) | 46.7% |
Results breakdown[]
By county[]
County | Bush% | Bush# | Kerry% | Kerry# | Others% | Others# | Total |
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Anderson | 70.7% | 11,525 | 28.7% | 4,678 | 0.6% | 98 | 16,301 |
Andrews | 84.6% | 3,837 | 14.9% | 677 | 0.5% | 22 | 4,536 |
Angelina | 66.7% | 18,932 | 32.8% | 9,302 | 0.5% | 130 | 28,364 |
Aransas | 70.9% | 6,569 | 28.5% | 2,640 | 0.6% | 59 | 9,268 |
Archer | 79.9% | 3,556 | 19.7% | 878 | 0.4% | 17 | 4,451 |
Armstrong | 82.7% | 830 | 16.9% | 170 | 0.4% | 4 | 1,004 |
Atascosa | 63.0% | 7,635 | 36.5% | 4,421 | 0.5% | 60 | 12,116 |
Austin | 75.4% | 8,072 | 24.1% | 2,582 | 0.4% | 48 | 10,702 |
Bailey | 78.0% | 1,882 | 21.8% | 525 | 0.2% | 5 | 2,412 |
Bandera | 79.3% | 6,933 | 19.9% | 1,738 | 0.8% | 70 | 8,741 |
Bastrop | 56.7% | 13,290 | 41.8% | 9,794 | 1.5% | 357 | 23,441 |
Baylor | 71.3% | 1,169 | 28.5% | 467 | 0.2% | 4 | 1,640 |
Bee | 57.0% | 5,428 | 42.5% | 4,045 | 0.5% | 45 | 9,518 |
Bell | 65.4% | 52,135 | 34.1% | 27,165 | 0.5% | 424 | 79,724 |
Bexar | 54.8% | 260,698 | 44.4% | 210,976 | 0.8% | 3,640 | 475,314 |
Blanco | 71.5% | 3,277 | 27.6% | 1,267 | 0.9% | 40 | 4,584 |
Borden | 84.4% | 303 | 15.3% | 55 | 0.3% | 1 | 359 |
Bosque | 75.6% | 5,737 | 23.9% | 1,815 | 0.4% | 34 | 7,586 |
Bowie | 64.5% | 21,791 | 35.2% | 11,880 | 0.3% | 89 | 33,760 |
Brazoria | 68.3% | 63,662 | 31.0% | 28,904 | 0.7% | 682 | 93,248 |
Brazos | 69.2% | 37,594 | 29.7% | 16,128 | 1.1% | 587 | 54,309 |
Brewster | 52.7% | 1,980 | 46.0% | 1,729 | 1.4% | 51 | 3,760 |
Briscoe | 76.4% | 620 | 23.6% | 191 | 0.0% | 0 | 811 |
Brooks | 31.6% | 845 | 68.2% | 1,823 | 0.2% | 6 | 2,674 |
Brown | 81.7% | 11,640 | 17.7% | 2,523 | 0.6% | 90 | 14,253 |
Burleson | 65.5% | 4,405 | 33.9% | 2,276 | 0.6% | 40 | 6,721 |
Burnet | 72.8% | 11,456 | 26.3% | 4,147 | 0.9% | 139 | 15,742 |
Caldwell | 55.5% | 6,436 | 43.6% | 5,052 | 0.9% | 99 | 11,587 |
Calhoun | 62.8% | 4,348 | 37.0% | 2,561 | 0.3% | 20 | 6,929 |
Callahan | 80.3% | 4,542 | 19.0% | 1,073 | 0.7% | 39 | 5,654 |
Cameron | 50.3% | 34,801 | 49.2% | 33,998 | 0.5% | 357 | 69,156 |
Camp | 59.4% | 2,638 | 40.1% | 1,778 | 0.5% | 23 | 4,439 |
Carson | 83.2% | 2,450 | 16.5% | 485 | 0.3% | 9 | 2,944 |
Cass | 61.3% | 7,383 | 38.4% | 4,630 | 0.3% | 36 | 12,049 |
Castro | 73.8% | 1,794 | 26.0% | 631 | 0.2% | 5 | 2,430 |
Chambers | 74.0% | 8,618 | 25.3% | 2,953 | 0.7% | 78 | 11,649 |
Cherokee | 71.5% | 11,329 | 28.0% | 4,439 | 0.4% | 71 | 15,839 |
Childress | 76.0% | 1,629 | 23.8% | 511 | 0.2% | 4 | 2,144 |
Clay | 75.1% | 3,971 | 24.6% | 1,299 | 0.3% | 18 | 5,288 |
Cochran | 77.1% | 856 | 22.4% | 249 | 0.5% | 5 | 1,110 |
Coke | 83.1% | 1,338 | 16.5% | 266 | 0.4% | 6 | 1,610 |
Coleman | 79.3% | 3,035 | 20.3% | 778 | 0.3% | 13 | 3,826 |
Collin | 71.2% | 174,435 | 28.1% | 68,935 | 0.7% | 1,784 | 245,154 |
Collingsworth | 75.2% | 1,051 | 24.7% | 346 | 0.1% | 1 | 1,398 |
Colorado | 71.4% | 5,488 | 28.1% | 2,161 | 0.5% | 41 | 7,690 |
Comal | 76.9% | 31,574 | 22.3% | 9,153 | 0.8% | 316 | 41,043 |
Comanche | 72.4% | 3,813 | 27.2% | 1,431 | 0.5% | 24 | 5,268 |
Concho | 76.4% | 911 | 22.6% | 270 | 1.0% | 12 | 1,193 |
Cooke | 78.8% | 11,908 | 20.8% | 3,142 | 0.4% | 57 | 15,107 |
Coryell | 70.5% | 12,421 | 29.1% | 5,122 | 0.5% | 82 | 17,625 |
Cottle | 71.5% | 549 | 27.9% | 214 | 0.7% | 5 | 768 |
Crane | 83.5% | 1,314 | 16.1% | 254 | 0.4% | 6 | 1,574 |
Crockett | 72.2% | 1,248 | 27.4% | 473 | 0.4% | 7 | 1,728 |
Crosby | 72.4% | 1,647 | 27.3% | 622 | 0.3% | 6 | 2,275 |
Culberson | 51.6% | 407 | 47.6% | 375 | 0.8% | 6 | 788 |
Dallam | 82.7% | 1,473 | 17.1% | 305 | 0.2% | 4 | 1,782 |
Dallas | 50.3% | 346,246 | 49.0% | 336,641 | 0.7% | 4,822 | 687,709 |
Dawson | 75.2% | 3,419 | 24.5% | 1,114 | 0.3% | 12 | 4,545 |
Deaf Smith | 78.2% | 4,139 | 21.4% | 1,133 | 0.4% | 19 | 5,291 |
Delta | 69.5% | 1,447 | 30.1% | 627 | 0.4% | 8 | 2,082 |
Denton | 70.0% | 140,891 | 29.5% | 59,346 | 0.6% | 1,173 | 201,410 |
DeWitt | 75.8% | 5,100 | 23.9% | 1,610 | 0.3% | 22 | 6,732 |
Dickens | 76.7% | 815 | 23.0% | 245 | 0.3% | 3 | 1,063 |
Dimmit | 33.3% | 1,188 | 66.3% | 2,365 | 0.4% | 13 | 3,566 |
Donley | 80.1% | 1,429 | 19.6% | 349 | 0.3% | 6 | 1,784 |
Duval | 28.4% | 1,160 | 71.3% | 2,916 | 0.4% | 15 | 4,091 |
Eastland | 76.5% | 5,249 | 23.1% | 1,582 | 0.4% | 26 | 6,857 |
Ector | 75.7% | 27,502 | 23.6% | 8,579 | 0.6% | 229 | 36,310 |
Edwards | 77.4% | 745 | 22.5% | 217 | 0.1% | 1 | 963 |
Ellis | 74.5% | 34,602 | 25.1% | 11,640 | 0.4% | 202 | 46,444 |
El Paso | 43.2% | 73,261 | 56.1% | 95,142 | 0.7% | 1,170 | 169,573 |
Erath | 77.4% | 9,506 | 22.1% | 2,710 | 0.5% | 65 | 12,281 |
Falls | 58.5% | 3,454 | 41.1% | 2,427 | 0.4% | 21 | 5,902 |
Fannin | 66.0% | 7,893 | 33.5% | 4,001 | 0.6% | 66 | 11,960 |
Fayette | 72.4% | 7,527 | 27.0% | 2,803 | 0.6% | 67 | 10,397 |
Fisher | 60.4% | 1,161 | 39.4% | 758 | 0.2% | 4 | 1,923 |
Floyd | 78.6% | 2,032 | 21.1% | 545 | 0.3% | 7 | 2,584 |
Foard | 59.1% | 347 | 40.0% | 235 | 0.9% | 5 | 587 |
Fort Bend | 57.4% | 93,625 | 42.1% | 68,722 | 0.5% | 822 | 163,169 |
Franklin | 75.5% | 3,185 | 24.0% | 1,011 | 0.5% | 21 | 4,217 |
Freestone | 70.6% | 5,057 | 28.9% | 2,070 | 0.5% | 34 | 7,161 |
Frio | 50.7% | 1,991 | 49.1% | 1,931 | 0.2% | 8 | 3,930 |
Gaines | 85.0% | 3,540 | 14.6% | 608 | 0.4% | 16 | 4,164 |
Galveston | 57.8% | 61,290 | 41.4% | 43,919 | 0.7% | 772 | 105,981 |
Garza | 81.7% | 1,480 | 18.0% | 326 | 0.3% | 6 | 1,812 |
Gillespie | 80.5% | 9,297 | 18.2% | 2,104 | 1.3% | 152 | 11,553 |
Glasscock | 91.6% | 488 | 8.3% | 44 | 0.2% | 1 | 533 |
Goliad | 64.8% | 2,267 | 34.8% | 1,219 | 0.4% | 15 | 3,501 |
Gonzales | 71.3% | 4,291 | 28.4% | 1,709 | 0.4% | 22 | 6,022 |
Gray | 84.7% | 7,260 | 15.0% | 1,289 | 0.3% | 23 | 8,572 |
Grayson | 69.3% | 30,777 | 30.3% | 13,452 | 0.4% | 194 | 44,423 |
Gregg | 70.6% | 29,939 | 29.0% | 12,306 | 0.4% | 153 | 42,398 |
Grimes | 65.5% | 5,263 | 33.8% | 2,713 | 0.7% | 54 | 8,030 |
Guadalupe | 72.8% | 28,208 | 26.6% | 10,290 | 0.7% | 254 | 38,752 |
Hale | 79.0% | 8,025 | 20.5% | 2,078 | 0.5% | 51 | 10,154 |
Hall | 67.3% | 860 | 32.3% | 413 | 0.3% | 4 | 1,277 |
Hamilton | 76.6% | 2,856 | 22.7% | 845 | 0.8% | 29 | 3,730 |
Hansford | 88.6% | 1,903 | 11.2% | 240 | 0.2% | 4 | 2,147 |
Hardeman | 71.3% | 1,214 | 28.2% | 480 | 0.5% | 8 | 1,702 |
Hardin | 72.6% | 15,030 | 27.1% | 5,608 | 0.3% | 72 | 20,710 |
Harris | 54.8% | 584,723 | 44.6% | 475,865 | 0.7% | 7,380 | 1,067,968 |
Harrison | 62.8% | 16,473 | 36.8% | 9,642 | 0.4% | 108 | 26,223 |
Hartley | 84.3% | 1,736 | 15.3% | 315 | 0.4% | 8 | 2,059 |
Haskell | 63.7% | 1,539 | 35.9% | 867 | 0.4% | 10 | 2,416 |
Hays | 56.5% | 27,021 | 42.1% | 20,110 | 1.4% | 692 | 47,823 |
Hemphill | 84.0% | 1,380 | 15.6% | 257 | 0.4% | 6 | 1,643 |
Henderson | 70.1% | 20,210 | 29.5% | 8,505 | 0.5% | 134 | 28,849 |
Hidalgo | 44.8% | 50,931 | 54.9% | 62,369 | 0.3% | 383 | 113,683 |
Hill | 70.7% | 9,225 | 28.7% | 3,751 | 0.6% | 77 | 13,053 |
Hockley | 81.3% | 6,160 | 18.3% | 1,385 | 0.4% | 32 | 7,577 |
Hood | 76.5% | 16,280 | 22.8% | 4,865 | 0.7% | 148 | 21,293 |
Hopkins | 71.1% | 8,582 | 28.5% | 3,443 | 0.3% | 37 | 12,062 |
Houston | 66.4% | 5,848 | 33.2% | 2,921 | 0.4% | 37 | 8,806 |
Howard | 73.3% | 7,480 | 26.1% | 2,663 | 0.6% | 58 | 10,201 |
Hudspeth | 65.1% | 577 | 34.1% | 302 | 0.8% | 7 | 886 |
Hunt | 71.2% | 20,065 | 28.3% | 7,971 | 0.6% | 158 | 28,194 |
Hutchinson | 83.7% | 7,839 | 16.0% | 1,503 | 0.3% | 27 | 9,369 |
Irion | 82.6% | 684 | 17.0% | 141 | 0.4% | 3 | 828 |
Jack | 79.0% | 2,470 | 20.6% | 643 | 0.4% | 13 | 3,126 |
Jackson | 74.2% | 3,766 | 25.5% | 1,296 | 0.3% | 15 | 5,077 |
Jasper | 64.8% | 8,347 | 34.7% | 4,471 | 0.4% | 55 | 12,873 |
Jeff Davis | 65.5% | 764 | 32.4% | 378 | 2.1% | 25 | 1,167 |
Jefferson | 48.4% | 44,423 | 51.2% | 47,066 | 0.4% | 377 | 91,866 |
Jim Hogg | 34.5% | 712 | 65.1% | 1,344 | 0.4% | 9 | 2,065 |
Jim Wells | 45.8% | 5,817 | 53.8% | 6,824 | 0.4% | 50 | 12,691 |
Johnson | 73.4% | 34,818 | 26.0% | 12,325 | 0.6% | 279 | 47,422 |
Jones | 71.7% | 4,254 | 28.0% | 1,658 | 0.3% | 19 | 5,931 |
Karnes | 66.6% | 3,114 | 33.0% | 1,543 | 0.3% | 16 | 4,673 |
Kaufman | 70.2% | 21,304 | 29.5% | 8,947 | 0.4% | 115 | 30,366 |
Kendall | 81.3% | 11,434 | 18.0% | 2,532 | 0.8% | 106 | 14,072 |
Kenedy | 48.5% | 82 | 50.3% | 85 | 1.2% | 2 | 169 |
Kent | 73.2% | 382 | 26.4% | 138 | 0.4% | 2 | 522 |
Kerr | 77.8% | 16,538 | 21.4% | 4,557 | 0.7% | 151 | 21,246 |
Kimble | 81.6% | 1,482 | 17.8% | 324 | 0.6% | 10 | 1,816 |
King | 87.8% | 137 | 11.5% | 18 | 0.6% | 1 | 156 |
Kinney | 65.7% | 1,051 | 33.9% | 542 | 0.4% | 7 | 1,600 |
Kleberg | 53.8% | 5,366 | 45.6% | 4,550 | 0.6% | 57 | 9,973 |
Knox | 69.7% | 1,081 | 29.9% | 464 | 0.5% | 7 | 1,552 |
Lamar | 69.0% | 12,054 | 30.6% | 5,338 | 0.4% | 78 | 17,470 |
Lamb | 79.8% | 3,410 | 20.1% | 857 | 0.1% | 4 | 4,271 |
Lampasas | 77.2% | 5,422 | 22.7% | 1,593 | 0.1% | 10 | 7,025 |
La Salle | 44.3% | 989 | 55.1% | 1,229 | 0.5% | 12 | 2,230 |
Lavaca | 73.1% | 5,974 | 26.3% | 2,152 | 0.6% | 51 | 8,177 |
Lee | 68.3% | 4,160 | 31.2% | 1,899 | 0.5% | 29 | 6,088 |
Leon | 73.9% | 5,023 | 25.8% | 1,754 | 0.3% | 22 | 6,799 |
Liberty | 68.3% | 14,821 | 31.3% | 6,780 | 0.4% | 90 | 21,691 |
Limestone | 64.3% | 5,028 | 35.2% | 2,752 | 0.5% | 38 | 7,818 |
Lipscomb | 85.8% | 1,147 | 13.8% | 184 | 0.4% | 6 | 1,337 |
Live Oak | 74.9% | 3,147 | 24.7% | 1,036 | 0.4% | 18 | 4,201 |
Llano | 75.7% | 7,241 | 23.6% | 2,257 | 0.7% | 65 | 9,563 |
Loving | 81.3% | 65 | 15.0% | 12 | 3.8% | 3 | 80 |
Lubbock | 75.3% | 70,135 | 24.1% | 22,472 | 0.6% | 544 | 93,151 |
Lynn | 78.2% | 1,776 | 21.6% | 490 | 0.2% | 5 | 2,271 |
McCulloch | 76.6% | 2,465 | 23.1% | 745 | 0.3% | 10 | 3,220 |
McLennan | 65.7% | 52,090 | 33.8% | 26,760 | 0.5% | 404 | 79,254 |
McMullen | 82.8% | 467 | 16.8% | 95 | 0.4% | 2 | 564 |
Madison | 69.2% | 2,837 | 30.1% | 1,235 | 0.7% | 29 | 4,101 |
Marion | 56.1% | 2,441 | 43.3% | 1,884 | 0.5% | 23 | 4,348 |
Martin | 83.8% | 1,514 | 15.9% | 288 | 0.3% | 5 | 1,807 |
Mason | 77.0% | 1,600 | 22.1% | 459 | 0.9% | 18 | 2,077 |
Matagorda | 64.8% | 8,119 | 34.8% | 4,355 | 0.4% | 47 | 12,521 |
Maverick | 40.1% | 4,025 | 59.3% | 5,948 | 0.6% | 61 | 10,034 |
Medina | 70.1% | 10,389 | 29.2% | 4,322 | 0.8% | 115 | 14,826 |
Menard | 69.0% | 761 | 30.0% | 331 | 1.0% | 11 | 1,103 |
Midland | 81.6% | 36,585 | 17.9% | 8,005 | 0.5% | 244 | 44,834 |
Milam | 60.2% | 5,291 | 39.2% | 3,445 | 0.5% | 47 | 8,783 |
Mills | 80.4% | 1,794 | 18.6% | 416 | 0.9% | 21 | 2,231 |
Mitchell | 74.7% | 1,912 | 25.0% | 639 | 0.3% | 7 | 2,558 |
Montague | 74.8% | 5,910 | 24.6% | 1,946 | 0.5% | 41 | 7,897 |
Montgomery | 78.1% | 104,654 | 21.4% | 28,628 | 0.5% | 706 | 133,988 |
Moore | 81.8% | 4,601 | 17.9% | 1,009 | 0.3% | 18 | 5,628 |
Morris | 53.4% | 2,818 | 46.2% | 2,437 | 0.4% | 23 | 5,278 |
Motley | 82.5% | 564 | 16.5% | 113 | 1.0% | 7 | 684 |
Nacogdoches | 66.0% | 14,160 | 33.3% | 7,152 | 0.7% | 154 | 21,466 |
Navarro | 66.8% | 10,715 | 32.8% | 5,259 | 0.4% | 60 | 16,034 |
Newton | 55.4% | 3,159 | 44.1% | 2,513 | 0.5% | 28 | 5,700 |
Nolan | 70.4% | 3,722 | 29.1% | 1,541 | 0.5% | 26 | 5,289 |
Nueces | 56.8% | 59,359 | 42.5% | 44,439 | 0.7% | 762 | 104,560 |
Ochiltree | 92.0% | 2,922 | 7.9% | 251 | 0.1% | 4 | 3,177 |
Oldham | 87.0% | 733 | 12.8% | 108 | 0.2% | 2 | 843 |
Orange | 63.6% | 20,292 | 36.0% | 11,476 | 0.4% | 140 | 31,908 |
Palo Pinto | 71.3% | 7,137 | 28.1% | 2,816 | 0.6% | 61 | 10,014 |
Panola | 70.2% | 7,021 | 29.6% | 2,958 | 0.3% | 28 | 10,007 |
Parker | 77.6% | 31,795 | 21.9% | 8,966 | 0.5% | 196 | 40,957 |
Parmer | 85.6% | 2,375 | 14.0% | 389 | 0.3% | 9 | 2,773 |
Pecos | 71.5% | 3,167 | 28.0% | 1,242 | 0.4% | 19 | 4,428 |
Polk | 66.1% | 13,778 | 33.4% | 6,964 | 0.5% | 104 | 20,846 |
Potter | 73.7% | 21,401 | 25.8% | 7,489 | 0.6% | 166 | 29,056 |
Presidio | 37.8% | 715 | 61.3% | 1,159 | 0.8% | 16 | 1,890 |
Rains | 70.9% | 2,998 | 28.7% | 1,213 | 0.4% | 18 | 4,229 |
Randall | 83.4% | 40,520 | 16.2% | 7,849 | 0.4% | 218 | 48,587 |
Reagan | 83.6% | 956 | 16.1% | 184 | 0.3% | 3 | 1,143 |
Real | 79.9% | 1,314 | 19.8% | 325 | 0.4% | 6 | 1,645 |
Red River | 61.5% | 3,379 | 38.2% | 2,097 | 0.3% | 14 | 5,490 |
Reeves | 52.3% | 1,777 | 47.1% | 1,600 | 0.5% | 18 | 3,395 |
Refugio | 64.0% | 2,212 | 35.7% | 1,232 | 0.3% | 11 | 3,455 |
Roberts | 90.9% | 461 | 9.1% | 46 | 0.0% | 0 | 507 |
Robertson | 55.8% | 3,792 | 43.8% | 2,979 | 0.4% | 24 | 6,795 |
Rockwall | 78.7% | 20,120 | 20.8% | 5,320 | 0.6% | 141 | 25,581 |
Runnels | 80.0% | 3,239 | 19.6% | 792 | 0.4% | 18 | 4,049 |
Rusk | 73.0% | 13,390 | 26.7% | 4,899 | 0.3% | 55 | 18,344 |
Sabine | 67.6% | 3,138 | 31.8% | 1,476 | 0.5% | 25 | 4,639 |
San Augustine | 59.5% | 2,235 | 40.1% | 1,506 | 0.4% | 16 | 3,757 |
San Jacinto | 66.4% | 5,394 | 33.1% | 2,688 | 0.5% | 43 | 8,125 |
San Patricio | 63.2% | 13,474 | 36.4% | 7,764 | 0.4% | 82 | 21,320 |
San Saba | 77.9% | 1,894 | 21.8% | 529 | 0.3% | 8 | 2,431 |
Schleicher | 76.1% | 1,012 | 23.5% | 312 | 0.4% | 5 | 1,329 |
Scurry | 82.1% | 4,576 | 17.6% | 981 | 0.3% | 15 | 5,572 |
Shackelford | 84.6% | 1,292 | 15.0% | 229 | 0.4% | 6 | 1,527 |
Shelby | 67.8% | 6,295 | 31.8% | 2,951 | 0.4% | 33 | 9,279 |
Sherman | 88.4% | 942 | 11.6% | 124 | 0.0% | 0 | 1,066 |
Smith | 72.5% | 53,392 | 27.1% | 19,970 | 0.4% | 302 | 73,664 |
Somervell | 76.1% | 2,701 | 23.4% | 831 | 0.5% | 19 | 3,551 |
Starr | 26.1% | 2,552 | 73.6% | 7,199 | 0.3% | 30 | 9,781 |
Stephens | 79.7% | 2,803 | 20.0% | 703 | 0.4% | 13 | 3,519 |
Sterling | 88.5% | 544 | 11.5% | 71 | 0.0% | 0 | 615 |
Stonewall | 66.4% | 499 | 33.2% | 250 | 0.4% | 3 | 752 |
Sutton | 80.7% | 1,173 | 19.3% | 280 | 0.0% | 0 | 1,453 |
Swisher | 70.1% | 1,487 | 29.5% | 626 | 0.3% | 7 | 2,120 |
Tarrant | 62.4% | 349,462 | 37.0% | 207,286 | 0.6% | 3,393 | 560,141 |
Taylor | 77.3% | 37,197 | 22.1% | 10,648 | 0.5% | 254 | 48,099 |
Terrell | 65.2% | 306 | 33.9% | 159 | 0.9% | 4 | 469 |
Terry | 79.7% | 3,166 | 20.0% | 794 | 0.3% | 10 | 3,970 |
Throckmorton | 76.0% | 656 | 23.4% | 202 | 0.6% | 5 | 863 |
Titus | 64.1% | 5,709 | 35.6% | 3,173 | 0.3% | 25 | 8,907 |
Tom Green | 75.3% | 28,185 | 24.1% | 9,007 | 0.6% | 225 | 37,417 |
Travis | 42.0% | 147,885 | 56.0% | 197,235 | 2.0% | 6,993 | 352,113 |
Trinity | 64.1% | 3,985 | 35.5% | 2,204 | 0.4% | 24 | 6,213 |
Tyler | 65.1% | 5,043 | 34.3% | 2,659 | 0.6% | 43 | 7,745 |
Upshur | 70.4% | 10,232 | 29.1% | 4,225 | 0.5% | 69 | 14,526 |
Upton | 84.3% | 1,009 | 15.5% | 185 | 0.3% | 3 | 1,197 |
Uvalde | 60.7% | 5,148 | 38.9% | 3,298 | 0.4% | 37 | 8,483 |
Val Verde | 59.1% | 6,968 | 40.3% | 4,757 | 0.6% | 70 | 11,795 |
Van Zandt | 75.4% | 14,976 | 24.3% | 4,822 | 0.3% | 58 | 19,856 |
Victoria | 70.5% | 20,875 | 28.9% | 8,553 | 0.6% | 174 | 29,602 |
Walker | 65.7% | 11,710 | 33.5% | 5,977 | 0.8% | 135 | 17,822 |
Waller | 55.3% | 7,679 | 44.3% | 6,145 | 0.4% | 57 | 13,881 |
Ward | 75.8% | 2,856 | 23.9% | 901 | 0.3% | 11 | 3,768 |
Washington | 73.5% | 9,597 | 25.9% | 3,389 | 0.6% | 77 | 13,063 |
Webb | 42.7% | 17,753 | 56.9% | 23,654 | 0.4% | 149 | 41,556 |
Wharton | 66.2% | 9,288 | 33.5% | 4,702 | 0.3% | 49 | 14,039 |
Wheeler | 81.9% | 1,960 | 17.5% | 420 | 0.6% | 14 | 2,394 |
Wichita | 71.3% | 32,472 | 28.1% | 12,819 | 0.6% | 254 | 45,545 |
Wilbarger | 73.8% | 3,685 | 25.7% | 1,284 | 0.4% | 21 | 4,990 |
Willacy | 44.5% | 2,209 | 55.1% | 2,734 | 0.4% | 19 | 4,962 |
Williamson | 65.0% | 83,284 | 33.6% | 43,117 | 1.4% | 1,797 | 128,198 |
Wilson | 69.9% | 10,400 | 29.6% | 4,409 | 0.5% | 76 | 14,885 |
Winkler | 80.1% | 1,604 | 19.5% | 391 | 0.3% | 7 | 2,002 |
Wise | 75.8% | 15,177 | 23.9% | 4,783 | 0.4% | 71 | 20,031 |
Wood | 75.8% | 12,831 | 23.8% | 4,034 | 0.4% | 64 | 16,929 |
Yoakum | 85.3% | 2,228 | 14.4% | 376 | 0.3% | 9 | 2,613 |
Young | 79.3% | 5,874 | 20.4% | 1,511 | 0.3% | 24 | 7,409 |
Zapata | 42.4% | 1,228 | 57.3% | 1,662 | 0.3% | 8 | 2,898 |
Zavala | 24.9% | 777 | 74.8% | 2,332 | 0.3% | 9 | 3,118 |
By congressional district[]
Bush won 25 of 32 congressional districts.[12]
District | Bush | Kerry | Representative |
---|---|---|---|
1st | 69% | 31% | Max Sandlin |
Louie Gohmert | |||
2nd | 63% | 37% | Jim Turner |
Ted Poe | |||
3rd | 67% | 33% | Sam Johnson |
4th | 70% | 30% | Ralph Hall |
5th | 67% | 33% | Jeb Hensarling |
6th | 66% | 34% | Joe Barton |
7th | 64% | 36% | John Culberson |
8th | 72% | 28% | Kevin Brady |
9th | 30% | 70% | Nick Lampson |
Al Green | |||
10th | 62% | 38% | Lloyd Doggett |
Michael McCaul | |||
11th | 78% | 22% | Chet Edwards |
Mike Conaway | |||
12th | 67% | 33% | Kay Granger |
13th | 78% | 22% | Mac Thornberry |
14th | 67% | 33% | Ron Paul |
15th | 51% | 49% | Rubén Hinojosa |
16th | 44% | 56% | Silvestre Reyes |
17th | 70% | 30% | Charles Stenholm |
Chet Edwards | |||
18th | 28% | 72% | Sheila Jackson Lee |
19th | 77% | 23% | Randy Neugebauer |
20th | 45% | 55% | Charlie Gonzalez |
21st | 66% | 34% | Lamar S. Smith |
22nd | 64% | 36% | Tom DeLay |
23rd | 57% | 43% | Henry Bonilla |
24th | 65% | 35% | Martin Frost |
Kenny Marchant | |||
25th | 46% | 54% | Chris Bell |
Lloyd Doggett | |||
26th | 65% | 35% | Michael C. Burgess |
27th | 55% | 45% | Solomon Ortiz |
28th | 54% | 46% | Ciro Rodriguez |
Henry Cuellar | |||
29th | 44% | 56% | Gene Green |
30th | 25% | 75% | Eddie Bernice Johnson |
31st | 67% | 33% | John Carter |
32nd | 60% | 40% | Pete Sessions |
Electors[]
Technically the voters of Texas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Texas is allocated 34 electors because it has 32 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 34 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 34 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 34 were pledged to Bush/Cheney:[13][14]
- Royce Hayes
- Tom Cotter
- Jay Pierce
- Marjorie Chandler
- Lance Lenz
- Barbara Grusendorf
- Bill Borden
- Jim Wiggins
- Anna Rice
- Jan Galbraith
- Sue Brannon
- Cheryl Surber
- Mike Ussery
- Sid Young
- Frank Morris
- Roger O'Dell
- Christopher DeCluitt
- Martha Greenlaw
- Marcus Anderson
- Mike Provost
- Bennie Bock
- Kathy Haigler
- Kim Hesley
- Peter Wrench
- Morris Woods
- Rhealyn Samuelson
- Nancy Stevens
- Loyce McCarter
- Larry Bowles
- Dan Mosher
- Glenn Warren
- Kristina Kiik
- Charles Burchett
References[]
- ^ https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/historical/70-92.shtml
- ^ "Which Latinos Elected Bush in 2004?". America Magazine. 2008-06-23. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- ^ "CNN.com Election 2004". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- ^ http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/members/2004/Pred2.htm#NW[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/GENERAL/CAMPAIGN/2004/polls.php?fips=48
- ^ http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/campaigns/george_w_bush.asp?cycle=04
- ^ http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/campaigns/john_f_kerry.asp?cycle=04
- ^ http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/campaign.ads/
- ^ http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/tracking/10.25.html
- ^ "2004 Presidential General Election Results - Texas".
- ^ "Federal Elections 2004" (PDF).
- ^ http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/4161/
- ^ https://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/2004_certificates/ascertainment_texas.html
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2009-11-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- 2004 United States presidential election by state
- United States presidential elections in Texas
- 2004 Texas elections