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2004 United States presidential election in Delaware

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election_name	2004 United States presidential election in Delaware
country	Delaware
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2000 United States presidential election in Delaware
previous_year	2000
next_election	2008 United States presidential election in Delaware
next_year	2008
election_date	November 2, 2004
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image1	John F. Kerry (wide crop).jpg
nominee1	John Kerry
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state1	Massachusetts
running_mate1	John Edwards
electoral_vote1	3
popular_vote1	200,152
percentage1	53.35%
image2	George-W-Bush (cropped).jpeg
nominee2	George W. Bush
party2	Republican Party (United States)
home_state2	Texas
running_mate2	Dick Cheney
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	171,660
percentage2	45.75%
map_image	{{Switcher
title	President
before_election	George W. Bush
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	George W. Bush
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Main article: 2004 United States presidential election

The 2004 United States presidential election in Delaware 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.

Delaware was won by Democratic nominee John Kerry by a 7.6% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations handicapping the election predicted that Kerry would win Delaware, though with varying degrees of confidence; the First State was a key bellwether for much of the 20th century, but Al Gore's comfortable victory four years earlier amidst a national loss marked its move towards the Democratic Party. Kerry won Delaware without either campaign seriously contesting it, but with a 5.5% swing to Bush compared to Gore's performance in 2000. The swing was largely concentrated in Kent and Sussex Counties, in which Bush's margins increased by double digits; New Castle County, the state's most populous, only swung about a point to Bush, continuing its consolidation as the state's Democratic base.

As of 2024, this is the last election in which Delaware was decided by a single-digit margin, and the first time since 1948 that Delaware has not backed the national popular vote winner. Bush became the first Republican since 1880 to win the popular vote without Delaware, and the last to win 60% of the vote in any county in the state (namely Sussex). Bush was the first Republican since Abraham Lincoln to win two terms without ever carrying the state.

Primaries

2004 Delaware 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.

Source	Ranking
D.C. Political Report
Associated Press
CNN
Cook Political Report
Newsweek
The New York Times
Rasmussen Reports
Research 2000
The Washington Post
Washington Times
Zogby International
Washington Dispatch

Polling

Main article: Statewide opinion polling for the 2004 United States presidential election#Delaware

Only two polls of the state were taken before the election, both of which Kerry won.

Fundraising

Bush raised $523,150. Kerry raised $260,657.

Advertising and visits

Neither campaign advertised or visited this state during the fall campaign.

Results

2004 United States presidential election in Delaware	Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage
Democratic	John Kerry	John Edwards	200,152	53.35%	3
Republican	George W. Bush (Inc.)	Dick Cheney (incumbent)	171,660	45.75%	0
Independent	Ralph Nader	Peter Camejo	2,153	0.57%	0
Libertarian	Michael Badnarik	Wayne Allyn Root	586	0.16%	0
Constitution	Chuck Baldwin	Michael Peroutka	289	0.08%	0
Green	David Cobb	Rosa Clemente	250	0.07%	0
Natural Law	Walt Brown	Mary Alice Herbert	100	0.03%	0
Totals	375,190	100.00%	3
Voter turnout (Voting Age population)	60.6%

By county

County	John Kerry
Democratic	George W. Bush
Republican	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	200,152	53.34%	171,660	45.74%	3,458	0.92%	28,492	7.60%	375,270
	Kent		23,875		42.64%		31,578		56.40%		538		0.96%		-7,703		-13.76%		55,991
	New Castle		146,179		60.52%		93,079		38.54%		2,269		0.94%		53,100		21.98%		241,527
	Sussex		30,098		38.71%		47,003		60.45%		651		0.83%		-16,905		-21.74%		77,752

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	Representative		At-large
45.8%	53.4%		Mike Castle

Electors

Main article: List of 2004 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Delaware cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Delaware is allocated three electors because it has one congressional district 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 Delaware. All were pledged to and voted for John Kerry and John Edwards:

James Johnson
Nancy W. Cook
Timothy G. Willard

References

General

Specific

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References

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"2004 Presidential Election Polls". US Election Atlas.
"George W Bush - $374,659,453 raised, '04 election cycle, Republican Party, President".
"John F Kerry - $345,826,176 raised, '04 election cycle, Democrat Party, President".
"CNN.com Specials". CNN.
"CNN.com Specials". CNN.
"Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".
(20 May 2019). "The Electoral College".

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