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2004 United States presidential election in South Carolina

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Field	Value
election_name	2004 United States presidential election in South Carolina
country	South Carolina
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina
previous_year	2000
next_election	2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina
next_year	2008
election_date	November 2, 2004
image_size	x200px
image1	George-W-Bush (cropped).jpeg
nominee1	George W. Bush
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	Texas
running_mate1	Dick Cheney
electoral_vote1	8
popular_vote1	937,974
percentage1	57.98%
image2	John F. Kerry (wide crop).jpg
nominee2	John Kerry
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	Massachusetts
running_mate2	John Edwards
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	661,699
percentage2	40.90%
map_image
title	President
before_election	George W. Bush
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	George W. Bush
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Main article: 2004 United States presidential election

Bush Kerry

The 2004 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 2, 2004, as part of the 2004 United States presidential election which took place throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

South Carolina was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 17.08% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise a red state. No Democrat had won this state since 1976. On election day, Bush won a majority of the counties and congressional districts in the state. The results were very similar to the state's results in 2000, and very similar to the results in neighboring Georgia this election, although Democratic Senator John Edwards of the bordering state of North Carolina was chosen as the vice presidential nominee. Bush won Greenville County, the largest county in the state, by a margin of 33.23%.

Democratic primary

South Carolina's was the first primary in a Southern state and the first primary in a state in which African Americans make up a sizable percentage of the electorate.

2004 Democratic National Convention

The Democratic primary was held on February 3, with 45 delegates at stake. It was held on the same day as six other primaries and caucuses.

South Carolina's 45 delegates to the 2004 Democratic National Convention were awarded proportionally based on the results of the primary. The state also sent ten superdelegates.

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time, in a non-incumbent Democratic primary, that the winner of South Carolina did not win the nomination.

Candidates

General Wesley Clark of Arkansas
Former Governor Howard Dean of Vermont
Senator John Edwards of North Carolina
Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts
Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio
Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, 2000 Democratic Party vice-presidential candidate
Reverend Al Sharpton of New York

Withdrawn

Representative Dick Gephardt of Missouri, former House Minority Leader
Former Senator and Ambassador Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois

Results

Key:	Withdrew
prior to contest

South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, 2004	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
John Edwards	131,174	44.86%	28
John Kerry	88,508	30.27%	17
Al Sharpton	28,201	9.65%	0
Wesley Clark	21,011	7.19%	0
Howard Dean	13,815	4.72%	0
Joe Lieberman	7,147	2.44%	0
Dennis Kucinich	1,319	0.45%	0
Dick Gephardt	631	0.22%	0
Carol Moseley-Braun	577	0.20%	0
	Totals		292,383	100.00%	45

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

Polling

Bush won every pre-election poll, each with a double-digit margin (except for one) and with at least 49% of the vote. The final 3 poll average showed Bush leading 55% to 41%.

Fundraising

Bush raised $3,113,641. Kerry raised $533,966.

Advertising and visits

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

Analysis

South Carolina, historically part of the Solid South, has become a Republican stronghold in the past few presidential elections. Since Barry Goldwater carried the state in 1964, the only Democratic presidential nominee to win it was Jimmy Carter of neighboring Georgia in 1976. Since then, South Carolina has been a safe bet for the Republicans. , this is the last election in which Charleston County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.

Results

2004 United States presidential election in South Carolina	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Republican	George W. Bush (incumbent)	937,974	57.98%	8
Democratic	John Kerry	661,699	40.90%	0
Independent	Ralph Nader	5,520	0.34%	0
Constitution	Michael Peroutka	5,317	0.33%	0
Libertarian	Michael Badnarik	3,608	0.22%	0
United Citizens	Walt Brown	2,124	0.13%	0
Green	David Cobb	1,488	0.09%	0
Totals		1,617,730		100.00%	8
Voter turnout (Voting age population)		51.8%

Results by county

County	George W. Bush
Republican	John Kerry
Democratic	Ralph Nader
Independent	Michael Peroutka
Constitution	Michael Badnarik
Libertarian	Walt Brown
United Citizens	David Cobb
Green	Margin	Total	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	937,974	57.98%	661,699	40.90%	5,520	0.34%	5,317	0.33%	3,608	0.22%	2,124	0.13%	1,488	0.09%	276,275	17.08%	1,617,730
	Abbeville		5,436		54.77%		4,389		44.22%		28		0.28%		38		0.38%		13		0.13%		15		0.15%		6		0.06%		1,047		10.55%		9,925
	Aiken		39,077		65.68%		19,799		33.28%		198		0.33%		145		0.24%		153		0.26%		74		0.12%		46		0.08%		19,278		32.40%		59,492
	Allendale		985		27.43%		2,565		71.43%		6		0.17%		7		0.19%		11		0.31%		13		0.36%		4		0.11%		-1,580		-44.00%		3,591
	Anderson		43,355		66.99%		20,697		31.98%		224		0.35%		152		0.23%		160		0.25%		75		0.12%		59		0.09%		22,658		35.01%		64,722
	Bamberg		2,138		35.42%		3,841		63.63%		5		0.08%		33		0.55%		5		0.08%		11		0.18%		3		0.05%		-1,703		-28.21%		6,036
	Barnwell		4,606		53.03%		3,982		45.85%		18		0.21%		51		0.59%		12		0.14%		9		0.10%		7		0.08%		624		7.18%		8,685
	Beaufort		33,331		60.34%		21,505		38.93%		217		0.39%		44		0.08%		87		0.16%		25		0.05%		26		0.05%		11,826		21.41%		55,235
	Berkeley		32,104		60.65%		20,142		38.05%		151		0.29%		343		0.65%		95		0.18%		71		0.13%		31		0.06%		11,962		22.60%		52,937
	Calhoun		3,448		49.83%		3,393		49.04%		25		0.36%		15		0.22%		14		0.20%		16		0.23%		8		0.12%		55		0.79%		6,919
	Charleston		70,297		51.57%		63,758		46.77%		588		0.43%		957		0.70%		407		0.30%		179		0.13%		130		0.10%		6,539		4.80%		136,316
	Cherokee		12,090		64.60%		6,466		34.55%		62		0.33%		29		0.15%		30		0.16%		21		0.11%		16		0.09%		5,624		30.05%		18,714
	Chester		5,798		49.43%		5,790		49.36%		46		0.39%		30		0.26%		26		0.22%		32		0.27%		7		0.06%		8		0.07%		11,729
	Chesterfield		7,252		51.62%		6,729		47.90%		29		0.21%		12		0.09%		14		0.10%		6		0.04%		7		0.05%		523		3.72%		14,049
	Clarendon		6,061		45.92%		7,087		53.69%		21		0.16%		12		0.09%		9		0.07%		8		0.06%		2		0.02%		-1,026		-7.77%		13,200
	Colleton		7,264		51.50%		6,699		47.49%		56		0.40%		34		0.24%		24		0.17%		20		0.14%		9		0.06%		565		4.01%		14,106
	Darlington		13,416		52.71%		11,829		46.47%		52		0.20%		62		0.24%		47		0.18%		28		0.11%		20		0.08%		1,587		6.24%		25,454
	Dillon		4,301		46.57%		4,832		52.32%		22		0.24%		40		0.43%		12		0.13%		23		0.25%		5		0.05%		-531		-5.75%		9,235
	Dorchester		26,006		62.94%		14,733		35.66%		148		0.36%		283		0.68%		79		0.19%		37		0.09%		31		0.08%		11,273		27.28%		41,317
	Edgefield		5,611		57.57%		4,051		41.57%		22		0.23%		34		0.35%		16		0.16%		8		0.08%		4		0.04%		1,560		16.00%		9,746
	Fairfield		3,531		37.42%		5,764		61.09%		15		0.16%		77		0.82%		15		0.16%		29		0.31%		4		0.04%		-2,233		-23.67%		9,435
	Florence		27,689		55.89%		21,442		43.28%		137		0.28%		65		0.13%		101		0.20%		76		0.15%		35		0.07%		6,247		12.61%		49,545
	Georgetown		12,606		53.43%		10,602		44.94%		152		0.64%		36		0.15%		57		0.24%		108		0.46%		32		0.14%		2,004		8.49%		23,593
	Greenville		111,481		66.03%		55,347		32.78%		655		0.39%		566		0.34%		438		0.26%		169		0.10%		177		0.10%		56,134		33.25%		168,833
	Greenwood		14,264		60.85%		8,954		38.20%		77		0.33%		51		0.22%		46		0.20%		33		0.14%		17		0.07%		5,310		22.65%		23,442
	Hampton		3,097		38.64%		4,832		60.28%		11		0.14%		58		0.72%		7		0.09%		9		0.11%		2		0.02%		-1,735		-21.64%		8,016
	Horry		50,447		62.01%		29,547		36.32%		310		0.38%		575		0.71%		159		0.20%		102		0.13%		207		0.25%		20,900		25.69%		81,347
	Jasper		2,933		42.84%		3,840		56.09%		28		0.41%		8		0.12%		19		0.28%		11		0.16%		7		0.10%		-907		-13.25%		6,846
	Kershaw		14,160		61.79%		8,515		37.16%		76		0.33%		48		0.21%		61		0.27%		37		0.16%		18		0.08%		5,645		24.63%		22,915
	Lancaster		12,916		62.05%		7,631		36.66%		104		0.50%		52		0.25%		64		0.31%		13		0.06%		34		0.16%		5,285		25.39%		20,814
	Laurens		14,466		60.71%		9,205		38.63%		67		0.28%		44		0.18%		31		0.13%		7		0.03%		9		0.04%		5,261		22.08%		23,829
	Lee		2,901		36.73%		4,960		62.80%		10		0.13%		4		0.05%		6		0.08%		10		0.13%		7		0.09%		-2,059		-26.07%		7,898
	Lexington		67,132		71.85%		25,393		27.18%		295		0.32%		171		0.18%		255		0.27%		120		0.13%		66		0.07%		41,739		44.67%		93,432
	Marion		5,589		41.38%		7,767		57.50%		29		0.21%		80		0.59%		11		0.08%		24		0.18%		7		0.05%		-2,178		-16.12%		13,507
	Marlboro		3,423		39.99%		4,984		58.22%		30		0.35%		73		0.85%		14		0.16%		29		0.34%		7		0.08%		-1,561		-18.23%		8,560
	McCormick		2,396		46.78%		2,648		51.70%		11		0.21%		6		0.12%		8		0.16%		3		0.06%		50		0.98%		-252		-4.92%		5,122
	Newberry		7,654		61.68%		4,483		36.13%		78		0.63%		42		0.34%		29		0.23%		84		0.68%		39		0.31%		3,171		25.55%		12,409
	Oconee		18,811		68.32%		8,395		30.49%		127		0.46%		72		0.26%		65		0.24%		42		0.15%		20		0.07%		10,416		37.83%		27,532
	Orangeburg		12,695		33.80%		24,698		65.75%		65		0.17%		53		0.14%		29		0.08%		14		0.04%		10		0.03%		-12,003		-31.95%		37,564
	Pickens		29,759		73.46%		10,287		25.39%		141		0.35%		113		0.28%		130		0.32%		55		0.14%		25		0.06%		19,472		48.07%		40,510
	Richland		56,212		42.01%		76,283		57.01%		467		0.35%		227		0.17%		313		0.23%		174		0.13%		125		0.09%		-20,071		-15.00%		133,801
	Saluda		4,537		59.87%		3,001		39.60%		24		0.32%		5		0.07%		6		0.08%		1		0.01%		4		0.05%		1,536		20.27%		7,578
	Spartanburg		62,004		64.08%		33,633		34.76%		300		0.31%		368		0.38%		226		0.23%		159		0.16%		68		0.07%		28,371		29.32%		96,758
	Sumter		18,074		48.84%		18,695		50.52%		74		0.20%		41		0.11%		64		0.17%		32		0.09%		23		0.06%		-621		-1.68%		37,003
	Union		6,592		55.24%		5,236		43.87%		35		0.29%		27		0.23%		15		0.13%		16		0.13%		13		0.11%		1,356		11.37%		11,934
	Williamsburg		4,795		34.45%		9,044		64.98%		25		0.18%		13		0.09%		19		0.14%		15		0.11%		7		0.05%		-4,249		-30.53%		13,918
	York		45,234		64.45%		24,226		34.52%		259		0.37%		121		0.17%		206		0.29%		81		0.12%		54		0.08%		21,008		29.93%		70,181

County Flips: {{col-begin}}

Democratic Republican ]]

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Chester (Largest city: Chester)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Sumter (Largest city: Sumter)

Results by congressional district

Bush won five of six congressional districts including one that elected a Democrat.

District	Bush	Representative
61%	38%	Henry E. Brown Jr.
60%	39%	Joe Wilson
65%	34%	Gresham Barrett
65%	34%	Jim DeMint
	Bob Inglis
58%	41%	John Spratt
39%	60%	Jim Clyburn

Electors

Main article: List of 2004 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of South Carolina cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. South Carolina is allocated 8 electors because it has 6 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 8 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 8 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 8 were pledged for Bush/Cheney.

Katon Dawson
Buddy Witherspoon
Wayland Moody
Thomas McLean
Brenda Bedenbaugh
Edwin Foulke
Robert Reagan
Drew McKissick

References

"2004 Presidential Democratic Primary Election Results — South Carolina". U.S. Election Atlas.
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"2004 Presidential Election Polls. South Carolina 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".
"America votes 2004: SHOWDOWN STATES: OHIO". [[CNN]].
"America votes 2004: Campaign ad buys". CNN.
"Official General Election Results for US president (2004)".
"SC US President Race, November 02, 2004". Our Campaigns.
"Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data".

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