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2004 United States presidential election in Georgia

The 2004 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 2, 2004. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

2004 United States presidential election in Georgia

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Turnout56.8%[1] 5.9 pp
 
Nominee George W. Bush John Kerry
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Massachusetts
Running mate Dick Cheney John Edwards
Electoral vote 15 0
Popular vote 1,914,254 1,366,149
Percentage 57.97% 41.37%


President before election

George W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

Georgia was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 16.60% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise a red state. Bush performed almost five points better than he did in 2000. He also won a wide majority of the counties and congressional districts. The results of the state were similar to other states in the South, such as Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Louisiana. Like those states, the exit polling showed racial polarization as Bush dominated among white voters, which made up almost 70% of the vote, and Kerry dominated among African American voters, which made up 30% of the state's population. Software engineer and talk show host Michael Badnarik (L-TX) would finish third in the popular vote in Georgia, getting 0.56% of the vote, one of his best statewide performances in the nation.

In this election, Georgia voted 14.14% to the right of the nation at-large.[2]

As of 2020, this remains the last time that Georgia has been decided by a double-digit margin in a presidential election, and the last time it voted to the right of Tennessee, Louisiana, West Virginia, and Arkansas. Georgia was one of 10 states that George W. Bush won twice which had only backed George H. W. Bush once. This was the first time that Georgia voted Republican three elections in a row. Bush is the only Republican in history to carry Georgia twice.

Primaries edit

Campaign edit

Predictions edit

There were 12 news organizations that made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day.[3]

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

Polling edit

Bush won every single pre-election poll and won each by a double-digit margin of victory and with over 50% of the vote. The final 3 polls averaged Bush leading 56% to 41%.[4]

Fundraising edit

Bush raised $6,656,076.[5] Kerry raised $2,282,977.[6]

Advertising and visits edit

Neither campaign advertised or visited this state during the fall election.[7][8]

Analysis edit

Like other Deep South states during the 2004 election, the political demographics of Georgia was based more around the racial majority in each county, with white Georgians voting more Republican and black Georgians voting more Democratic. Democratic dominance in the state occurred in mostly black-majority counties in the region as well the urban center of the city of Atlanta (located mostly in central Fulton County) along with its core suburban counties of Clayton and DeKalb. Athens-Clarke County, home of the University of Georgia, also supported Kerry's bid, largely as a consequence of being a college town with traditionally left-leaning political views. Since just about every other part of Georgia had a majority white population, Republican dominance occurred in just about every other part of the state including suburban Atlanta where a significant portion of the state's population resides. Suburban Atlanta also includes northern Fulton County (the former Milton County area) which despite being part of this heavily urban and majority-minority county, is predominantly-White, suburban, and perhaps the most affluent area in the state of Georgia. This area also voted heavily in favor of Republican presidential incumbent George W. Bush.

In other down ballot races, Republicans gained Georgia's Class III U.S. Senate seat which was then held by Zell Miller (D) with Johnny Isakson's (R) victory in the open seat race to succeed him and also gained control of the Georgia House of Representatives, and thus control of both houses of the Georgia General Assembly (having already gained control of the Georgia State Senate in 2002), for the first time since Reconstruction. However, despite these achievements, Democrats gained one of Georgia's U.S. House seats with John Barrow's (D) victory over incumbent Representative Max Burns (R).

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which the Metro Atlanta counties of Douglas, Rockdale, and Newton—now Democratic strongholds—voted Republican. This is also the last time the Black Belt counties of Baldwin, Sumter, and Washington voted Republican and the last in which Webster County voted Democratic, as well as the last election in which Georgia was decided by a double-digit margin.

Results edit

United States presidential election in Georgia, 2004[9]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush (incumbent) Dick Cheney (incumbent) 1,914,254 57.97% 15
Democratic John Kerry John Edwards 1,366,149 41.37% 0
Libertarian Michael Badnarik Richard Campagna 18,387 0.56% 0
Independent Ralph Nader (write-in) Peter Camejo 2,231 0.07% 0
Constitution Michael Peroutka (write-in) Chuck Baldwin 580 0.02% 0
Green David Cobb (write-in) Pat LaMarche 228 0.01% 0
Republican Tom Tancredo* (write-in) N/A 26 0.00% 0
Write-in John J. Kennedy N/A 8 0.00% 0
Write-in David C. Byrne N/A 7 0.00% 0
Write-in James Alexander-Pace N/A 5 0.00% 0
Totals 3,301,875 100.00% 15
Voter turnout (voting-age population) 51.7%

(*Tancredo was not the Republican Party's nominee in 2004.)

By county edit

County George W. Bush
Republican
John Kerry
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Appling 4,494 70.52% 1,848 29.00% 31 0.48% 2,646 41.52% 6,373
Atkinson 1,666 67.37% 799 32.31% 8 0.32% 867 35.06% 2,473
Bacon 2,853 75.24% 930 24.53% 9 0.24% 1,923 50.71% 3,792
Baker 821 46.52% 936 53.03% 8 0.46% -115 -6.51% 1,765
Baldwin 7,709 52.89% 6,775 46.48% 91 0.62% 934 6.41% 14,575
Banks 4,410 78.86% 1,149 20.55% 33 0.59% 3,261 58.31% 5,592
Barrow 13,520 76.17% 4,095 23.07% 135 0.76% 9,425 53.10% 17,750
Bartow 22,311 73.66% 7,741 25.56% 239 0.78% 14,570 48.10% 30,291
Ben Hill 3,331 60.07% 2,180 39.31% 34 0.61% 1,151 20.76% 5,545
Berrien 3,917 69.87% 1,638 29.22% 51 0.91% 2,279 40.65% 5,606
Bibb 28,107 48.64% 29,322 50.74% 359 0.62% -1,215 -2.10% 57,788
Bleckley 3,167 70.83% 1,281 28.65% 23 0.51% 1,886 42.18% 4,471
Brantley 4,333 77.02% 1,258 22.36% 35 0.62% 3,075 54.66% 5,626
Brooks 2,912 56.91% 2,193 42.86% 12 0.23% 719 14.05% 5,117
Bryan 7,363 73.67% 2,590 25.92% 41 0.41% 4,773 47.75% 9,994
Bulloch 12,252 63.77% 6,840 35.60% 120 0.62% 5,412 28.17% 19,212
Burke 4,232 49.86% 4,213 49.64% 42 0.49% 19 0.22% 8,487
Butts 5,119 66.12% 2,572 33.22% 51 0.66% 2,547 32.90% 7,742
Calhoun 890 44.08% 1,119 55.42% 10 0.50% -229 -11.34% 2,019
Camden 9,488 66.85% 4,637 32.67% 68 0.48% 4,851 34.18% 14,193
Candler 2,048 64.91% 1,096 34.74% 11 0.35% 952 30.17% 3,155
Carroll 24,837 70.27% 10,224 28.92% 286 0.81% 14,613 41.35% 35,347
Catoosa 16,406 73.43% 5,807 25.99% 128 0.58% 10,599 47.44% 22,341
Charlton 2,311 68.15% 1,064 31.38% 16 0.47% 1,247 36.77% 3,391
Chatham 45,484 49.62% 45,630 49.78% 557 0.61% -146 -0.16% 91,671
Chattahoochee 905 53.55% 773 45.74% 12 0.71% 132 7.81% 1,690
Chattooga 4,992 63.50% 2,809 35.73% 61 0.78% 2,183 27.77% 7,862
Cherokee 58,238 78.99% 14,824 20.11% 665 0.90% 43,414 58.88% 73,727
Clarke 15,052 40.20% 21,718 58.00% 673 1.80% -6,666 -17.80% 37,443
Clay 509 38.85% 798 60.92% 3 0.23% -289 -22.07% 1,310
Clayton 23,106 29.01% 56,113 70.46% 424 0.53% -33,007 -41.45% 79,643
Clinch 1,501 66.18% 750 33.07% 17 0.75% 751 33.11% 2,268
Cobb 173,467 61.94% 103,955 37.12% 2,639 0.94% 69,512 24.82% 280,061
Coffee 8,306 67.35% 3,979 32.26% 48 0.39% 4,327 35.09% 12,333
Colquitt 8,296 70.59% 3,378 28.74% 78 0.67% 4,918 41.85% 11,752
Columbia 35,549 75.31% 11,442 24.24% 212 0.44% 24,107 51.07% 47,203
Cook 3,065 63.56% 1,733 35.94% 24 0.49% 1,332 27.62% 4,822
Coweta 31,682 74.36% 10,647 24.99% 280 0.66% 21,035 49.37% 42,609
Crawford 2,830 64.20% 1,552 35.21% 26 0.59% 1,278 28.99% 4,408
Crisp 3,865 61.80% 2,357 37.69% 32 0.51% 1,508 24.11% 6,254
Dade 4,368 69.83% 1,823 29.14% 64 1.02% 2,545 40.69% 6,255
Dawson 6,649 81.87% 1,407 17.33% 65 0.80% 5,242 64.54% 8,121
Decatur 5,348 59.71% 3,577 39.94% 31 0.35% 1,771 19.77% 8,956
DeKalb 73,570 26.58% 200,787 72.55% 2,414 0.87% -127,217 -45.97% 276,771
Dodge 4,584 65.52% 2,384 34.08% 28 0.40% 2,200 31.44% 6,996
Dooly 1,853 48.18% 1,973 51.30% 20 0.52% -120 -3.12% 3,846
Dougherty 13,711 40.70% 19,805 58.79% 171 0.51% -6,094 -18.09% 33,687
Douglas 25,846 61.36% 15,997 37.98% 281 0.67% 9,849 23.38% 42,124
Early 2,495 59.14% 1,701 40.32% 23 0.54% 794 18.82% 4,219
Echols 757 76.39% 231 23.31% 3 0.30% 526 53.08% 991
Effingham 12,503 77.26% 3,613 22.33% 66 0.41% 8,890 54.93% 16,182
Elbert 4,626 60.33% 2,984 38.91% 58 0.76% 1,642 21.42% 7,668
Emanuel 4,666 62.44% 2,774 37.12% 33 0.44% 1,892 25.32% 7,473
Evans 2,291 65.16% 1,213 34.50% 12 0.34% 1,078 30.66% 3,516
Fannin 6,862 71.01% 2,727 28.22% 75 0.77% 4,135 42.79% 9,664
Fayette 37,346 70.97% 14,887 28.29% 391 0.74% 22,459 42.68% 52,624
Floyd 21,400 67.56% 10,038 31.69% 238 0.75% 11,362 35.87% 31,676
Forsyth 47,267 83.04% 9,201 16.17% 451 0.79% 38,066 66.87% 56,919
Franklin 5,218 69.43% 2,245 29.87% 52 0.69% 2,973 39.56% 7,515
Fulton 134,372 39.90% 199,436 59.23% 2,933 0.87% -65,064 -19.33% 336,741
Gilmer 7,414 73.97% 2,510 25.04% 99 0.99% 4,904 48.93% 10,023
Glascock 1,016 80.00% 250 19.69% 4 0.31% 766 60.31% 1,270
Glynn 18,608 67.08% 8,962 32.31% 169 0.61% 9,646 34.77% 27,739
Gordon 11,671 73.88% 4,028 25.50% 98 0.62% 7,643 48.38% 15,797
Grady 5,068 61.80% 3,092 37.70% 41 0.50% 1,976 24.10% 8,201
Greene 4,069 59.17% 2,774 40.34% 34 0.49% 1,295 18.83% 6,877
Gwinnett 160,445 65.66% 81,708 33.44% 2,190 0.99% 78,737 32.22% 244,343
Habersham 10,434 78.59% 2,750 20.71% 92 0.69% 7,684 57.88% 13,276
Hall 38,883 78.09% 10,514 21.12% 395 0.79% 28,369 56.97% 49,792
Hancock 822 23.12% 2,715 76.37% 18 0.51% -1,893 -53.25% 3,555
Haralson 7,703 75.45% 2,434 23.84% 72 0.71% 5,269 51.61% 10,209
Harris 8,878 71.82% 3,400 27.50% 84 0.68% 5,478 44.32% 12,362
Hart 5,500 60.89% 3,479 38.52% 53 0.59% 2,021 22.37% 9,032
Heard 2,788 70.48% 1,148 29.02% 20 0.51% 1,640 41.46% 3,956
Henry 42,759 66.57% 21,096 32.84% 380 0.59% 21,663 33.73% 64,235
Houston 29,862 66.03% 15,054 33.29% 310 0.68% 14,808 32.74% 45,226
Irwin 2,347 68.67% 1,051 30.75% 20 0.59% 1,296 37.92% 3,418
Jackson 12,611 77.84% 3,468 21.40% 123 0.76% 9,143 56.44% 16,202
Jasper 3,157 66.56% 1,558 32.85% 28 0.59% 1,599 33.71% 4,743
Jeff Davis 3,549 73.25% 1,277 26.36% 19 0.39% 2,272 46.89% 4,845
Jefferson 3,066 46.89% 3,447 52.71% 26 0.40% -381 -5.82% 6,539
Jenkins 1,898 55.74% 1,494 43.88% 13 0.38% 404 11.86% 3,405
Johnson 2,279 64.11% 1,263 35.53% 13 0.37% 1,016 28.58% 3,555
Jones 6,939 63.91% 3,855 35.50% 64 0.59% 3,084 28.41% 10,858
Lamar 4,027 61.96% 2,432 37.42% 40 0.62% 1,595 24.54% 6,499
Lanier 1,641 63.38% 931 35.96% 17 0.65% 710 27.42% 2,589
Laurens 10,883 63.05% 6,281 36.39% 97 0.66% 4,602 26.66% 17,261
Lee 8,201 78.64% 2,182 20.92% 45 0.43% 6,019 57.72% 10,428
Liberty 6,131 47.86% 6,619 51.67% 59 0.46% -488 -3.81% 12,809
Lincoln 2,309 63.12% 1,337 36.55% 12 0.33% 972 26.57% 3,658
Long 1,994 65.57% 1,033 33.97% 14 0.46% 961 31.60% 3,041
Lowndes 18,981 59.91% 12,516 39.50% 187 0.59% 6,465 20.41% 31,684
Lumpkin 6,690 75.35% 2,091 23.55% 105 1.18% 4,599 51.80% 8,878
Macon 1,851 38.72% 2,906 60.79% 23 0.48% -1,055 -22.07% 4,780
Madison 7,254 73.60% 2,527 25.64% 75 0.76% 4,727 47.96% 9,856
Marion 1,670 56.48% 1,275 43.12% 12 0.41% 395 13.36% 2,957
McDuffie 4,846 62.29% 2,899 37.26% 35 0.45% 1,947 25.03% 7,780
McIntosh 2,837 52.71% 2,523 46.88% 22 0.40% 314 5.83% 5,382
Meriwether 4,402 53.98% 3,709 45.48% 44 0.54% 693 8.50% 8,155
Miller 1,694 69.37% 736 30.14% 12 0.49% 958 39.23% 2,442
Mitchell 3,885 53.42% 3,360 46.20% 27 0.37% 525 7.22% 7,272
Monroe 6,522 66.59% 3,216 32.84% 56 0.57% 3,306 33.75% 9,794
Montgomery 2,150 67.82% 1,007 31.77% 13 0.41% 1,143 36.05% 3,170
Morgan 4,902 67.64% 2,304 31.79% 41 0.57% 2,598 35.85% 7,247
Murray 7,745 72.38% 2,899 27.09% 56 0.52% 4,846 45.29% 10,700
Muscogee 30,850 48.16% 32,867 51.31% 335 0.52% -2,017 -3.15% 64,052
Newton 18,095 61.99% 10,939 37.47% 157 0.54% 7,156 24.52% 29,191
Oconee 10,276 72.37% 3,789 26.68% 134 0.94% 6,487 45.69% 14,199
Oglethorpe 3,688 65.41% 1,899 33.68% 51 0.91% 1,789 31.73% 5,638
Paulding 30,843 76.13% 9,420 23.25% 251 0.62% 21,423 52.88% 40,514
Peach 4,554 53.24% 3,961 46.31% 39 0.46% 593 6.93% 8,554
Pickens 8,115 76.28% 2,444 22.97% 80 0.75% 5,671 53.31% 10,639
Pierce 4,680 78.99% 1,234 20.83% 11 0.19% 3,446 58.16% 5,925
Pike 5,193 76.94% 1,506 22.31% 50 0.74% 3,687 54.63% 6,749
Polk 8,467 68.17% 3,868 31.14% 85 0.68% 4,599 37.03% 12,420
Pulaski 2,202 62.61% 1,294 36.79% 21 0.60% 908 25.82% 3,517
Putnam 5,188 63.91% 2,880 35.48% 50 0.62% 2,308 28.43% 8,118
Quitman 409 42.38% 543 56.27% 13 1.35% -134 -13.89% 965
Rabun 4,650 70.00% 1,918 28.87% 75 1.13% 2,732 41.13% 6,643
Randolph 1,418 46.49% 1,612 52.85% 20 0.66% -194 -6.36% 3,050
Richmond 29,764 42.90% 39,262 56.59% 350 0.51% -9,498 -13.69% 69,376
Rockdale 18,856 60.42% 12,136 38.89% 214 0.69% 6,720 21.53% 31,206
Schley 1,063 69.39% 464 30.29% 5 0.33% 599 39.10% 1,532
Screven 3,360 56.68% 2,534 42.75% 34 0.57% 826 13.93% 5,928
Seminole 1,977 60.26% 1,278 38.95% 26 0.79% 699 21.31% 3,281
Spalding 13,461 63.99% 7,460 35.46% 115 0.55% 6,001 28.53% 21,036
Stephens 6,904 71.37% 2,714 28.05% 56 0.57% 4,190 43.32% 9,674
Stewart 797 39.22% 1,220 60.04% 15 0.74% -423 -20.82% 2,032
Sumter 5,688 50.35% 5,562 49.23% 48 0.43% 126 1.12% 11,298
Talbot 1,103 37.43% 1,830 62.10% 14 0.48% -727 -24.67% 2,947
Taliaferro 335 35.23% 612 64.35% 4 0.42% -277 -29.12% 951
Tattnall 4,657 71.93% 1,787 27.60% 30 0.46% 2,870 44.33% 6,474
Taylor 1,912 56.52% 1,458 43.10% 13 0.39% 454 13.42% 3,383
Telfair 2,171 57.49% 1,590 42.11% 15 0.40% 581 15.38% 3,776
Terrell 1,859 48.58% 1,951 50.98% 17 0.45% -92 -2.40% 3,827
Thomas 9,659 61.39% 5,997 38.12% 77 0.49% 3,662 23.27% 15,733
Tift 8,619 68.75% 3,864 30.82% 54 0.44% 4,755 37.93% 12,537
Toombs 6,196 70.25% 2,567 29.10% 57 0.65% 3,629 41.15% 8,820
Towns 3,823 72.34% 1,430 27.06% 32 0.60% 2,393 45.28% 5,285
Treutlen 1,691 61.22% 1,052 38.09% 19 0.69% 639 23.13% 2,762
Troup 14,183 64.65% 7,630 34.78% 126 0.57% 6,553 29.87% 21,939
Turner 1,815 61.21% 1,135 38.28% 15 0.51% 680 22.93% 2,965
Twiggs 2,112 48.34% 2,220 50.81% 37 0.85% -108 -2.47% 4,369
Union 6,847 74.06% 2,327 25.17% 71 0.77% 4,520 48.89% 9,245
Upson 6,634 65.72% 3,424 33.92% 36 0.36% 3,210 31.80% 10,094
Walker 15,340 71.34% 5,986 27.84% 176 0.82% 9,354 43.50% 21,502
Walton 21,594 78.11% 5,887 21.29% 166 0.60% 15,707 56.82% 27,647
Ware 7,790 68.99% 3,449 30.55% 52 0.46% 4,341 38.44% 11,291
Warren 1,121 45.04% 1,360 54.64% 8 0.32% -239 -9.60% 2,489
Washington 4,081 51.93% 3,733 47.51% 44 0.56% 348 4.42% 6,691
Wayne 6,819 71.31% 2,683 28.06% 60 0.63% 4,136 43.25% 9,562
Webster 485 48.12% 515 51.09% 8 0.80% -30 -2.97% 1,008
Wheeler 1,192 58.03% 847 41.24% 15 0.73% 345 16.79% 2,054
White 7,403 77.89% 2,016 21.21% 85 0.89% 5,387 56.68% 9,504
Whitfield 19,297 73.10% 6,933 26.26% 169 0.74% 12,364 46.84% 26,399
Wilcox 1,705 65.18% 902 34.48% 9 0.34% 803 30.70% 2,616
Wilkes 2,490 54.75% 2,028 44.59% 30 0.66% 462 10.16% 4,548
Wilkinson 2,261 50.04% 2,235 49.47% 22 0.49% 26 0.57% 4,518
Worth 5,105 69.40% 2,219 30.17% 32 0.44% 2,886 39.23% 7,356
Totals 1,914,254 57.93% 1,366,149 41.34% 24,078 0.73% 548,105 16.59% 3,304,481
 
County Flips:

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit

By congressional district edit

Bush won 9 of 13 congressional districts, including two held by Democrats.[10]

District Bush Kerry Representative
1st 68% 32% Jack Kingston
2nd 54% 46% Sanford Bishop
3rd 56% 44% Jim Marshall
4th 27% 72% Denise Majette
Cynthia McKinney
5th 27% 73% John Lewis
6th 70% 29% Johnny Isakson
Tom Price
7th 73% 26% John Linder
8th 72% 27% Lynn Westmoreland
9th 72% 27% Charlie Norwood
10th 76% 23% Nathan Deal
11th 55% 45% Phil Gingrey
12th 47% 53% Max Burns
John Barrow
13th 36% 64% David Scott

Electors edit

Technically the voters of Georgia cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Georgia is allocated 15 electors because it has 13 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 15 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 15 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 were pledged to and voted for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.[11][12]

  1. Anna R. Cablik
  2. Fred Cooper
  3. Nancy N. Coverdell
  4. James C. Edenfield
  5. Karen Handel
  6. Donald F. Layfield
  7. Carolyn Dodgen Meadows
  8. Sunny K. Park
  9. Alec Poitevint
  10. Joan Ransom
  11. Nardender G. Reddy
  12. Jame Raynolds
  13. Norma Mountain Rogers
  14. Eric Tanenblatt
  15. Virgil Williams

References edit

  1. ^ ("Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2004". United States Census Bureau. March 2006. Retrieved December 19, 2020.)
  2. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
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  5. ^ "Political Campaign Contributions Campaign Finance Information '04 Election Cycle". Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  6. ^ "Political Campaign Contributions Campaign Finance Information '04 Election Cycle". Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  7. ^ "CNN.com Specials". CNN.
  8. ^ "CNN.com Specials". CNN.
  9. ^ (PDF). p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2009.
  10. ^ "2004 Presidential General Election Data - Georgia". Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  11. ^ . Archived from the original on October 9, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  12. ^ . Archived from the original on January 12, 2006. Retrieved June 29, 2009.

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Main article 2004 United States presidential election The 2004 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 2 2004 Voters chose 15 representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 2004 United States presidential election in Georgia 2000 November 2 2004 2008 Turnout56 8 1 5 9 pp Nominee George W Bush John KerryParty Republican DemocraticHome state Texas MassachusettsRunning mate Dick Cheney John EdwardsElectoral vote 15 0Popular vote 1 914 254 1 366 149Percentage 57 97 41 37 County ResultsCongressional District ResultsPrecinct Results Bush 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 Kerry 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 Tie No Data President before electionGeorge W BushRepublican Elected President George W BushRepublicanGeorgia was won by incumbent President George W Bush by a 16 60 margin of victory Prior to the election all 12 news organizations considered this a state Bush would win or otherwise a red state Bush performed almost five points better than he did in 2000 He also won a wide majority of the counties and congressional districts The results of the state were similar to other states in the South such as Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky and Louisiana Like those states the exit polling showed racial polarization as Bush dominated among white voters which made up almost 70 of the vote and Kerry dominated among African American voters which made up 30 of the state s population Software engineer and talk show host Michael Badnarik L TX would finish third in the popular vote in Georgia getting 0 56 of the vote one of his best statewide performances in the nation In this election Georgia voted 14 14 to the right of the nation at large 2 As of 2020 this remains the last time that Georgia has been decided by a double digit margin in a presidential election and the last time it voted to the right of Tennessee Louisiana West Virginia and Arkansas Georgia was one of 10 states that George W Bush won twice which had only backed George H W Bush once This was the first time that Georgia voted Republican three elections in a row Bush is the only Republican in history to carry Georgia twice Contents 1 Primaries 2 Campaign 2 1 Predictions 2 2 Polling 2 3 Fundraising 2 4 Advertising and visits 3 Analysis 4 Results 4 1 By county 4 1 1 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 4 1 2 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 4 2 By congressional district 5 Electors 6 ReferencesPrimaries edit2004 Georgia Democratic primaryCampaign editPredictions edit There were 12 news organizations that made state by state predictions of the election Here are their last predictions before election day 3 Source RankingD C Political Report Solid RAssociated Press Solid RCNN Likely RCook Political Report Solid RNewsweek Solid RNew York Times Solid RRasmussen Reports Likely RResearch 2000 Solid RWashington Post Likely RWashington Times Solid RZogby International Likely RWashington Dispatch Likely RPolling edit Main article Statewide opinion polling for the United States presidential election 2004 Georgia Bush won every single pre election poll and won each by a double digit margin of victory and with over 50 of the vote The final 3 polls averaged Bush leading 56 to 41 4 Fundraising edit Bush raised 6 656 076 5 Kerry raised 2 282 977 6 Advertising and visits edit Neither campaign advertised or visited this state during the fall election 7 8 Analysis editLike other Deep South states during the 2004 election the political demographics of Georgia was based more around the racial majority in each county with white Georgians voting more Republican and black Georgians voting more Democratic Democratic dominance in the state occurred in mostly black majority counties in the region as well the urban center of the city of Atlanta located mostly in central Fulton County along with its core suburban counties of Clayton and DeKalb Athens Clarke County home of the University of Georgia also supported Kerry s bid largely as a consequence of being a college town with traditionally left leaning political views Since just about every other part of Georgia had a majority white population Republican dominance occurred in just about every other part of the state including suburban Atlanta where a significant portion of the state s population resides Suburban Atlanta also includes northern Fulton County the former Milton County area which despite being part of this heavily urban and majority minority county is predominantly White suburban and perhaps the most affluent area in the state of Georgia This area also voted heavily in favor of Republican presidential incumbent George W Bush In other down ballot races Republicans gained Georgia s Class III U S Senate seat which was then held by Zell Miller D with Johnny Isakson s R victory in the open seat race to succeed him and also gained control of the Georgia House of Representatives and thus control of both houses of the Georgia General Assembly having already gained control of the Georgia State Senate in 2002 for the first time since Reconstruction However despite these achievements Democrats gained one of Georgia s U S House seats with John Barrow s D victory over incumbent Representative Max Burns R As of the 2020 presidential election update this is the last election in which the Metro Atlanta counties of Douglas Rockdale and Newton now Democratic strongholds voted Republican This is also the last time the Black Belt counties of Baldwin Sumter and Washington voted Republican and the last in which Webster County voted Democratic as well as the last election in which Georgia was decided by a double digit margin Results editUnited States presidential election in Georgia 2004 9 Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votesRepublican George W Bush incumbent Dick Cheney incumbent 1 914 254 57 97 15Democratic John Kerry John Edwards 1 366 149 41 37 0Libertarian Michael Badnarik Richard Campagna 18 387 0 56 0Independent Ralph Nader write in Peter Camejo 2 231 0 07 0Constitution Michael Peroutka write in Chuck Baldwin 580 0 02 0Green David Cobb write in Pat LaMarche 228 0 01 0Republican Tom Tancredo write in N A 26 0 00 0Write in John J Kennedy N A 8 0 00 0Write in David C Byrne N A 7 0 00 0Write in James Alexander Pace N A 5 0 00 0Totals 3 301 875 100 00 15Voter turnout voting age population 51 7 Tancredo was not the Republican Party s nominee in 2004 By county edit County George W BushRepublican John KerryDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total Appling 4 494 70 52 1 848 29 00 31 0 48 2 646 41 52 6 373Atkinson 1 666 67 37 799 32 31 8 0 32 867 35 06 2 473Bacon 2 853 75 24 930 24 53 9 0 24 1 923 50 71 3 792Baker 821 46 52 936 53 03 8 0 46 115 6 51 1 765Baldwin 7 709 52 89 6 775 46 48 91 0 62 934 6 41 14 575Banks 4 410 78 86 1 149 20 55 33 0 59 3 261 58 31 5 592Barrow 13 520 76 17 4 095 23 07 135 0 76 9 425 53 10 17 750Bartow 22 311 73 66 7 741 25 56 239 0 78 14 570 48 10 30 291Ben Hill 3 331 60 07 2 180 39 31 34 0 61 1 151 20 76 5 545Berrien 3 917 69 87 1 638 29 22 51 0 91 2 279 40 65 5 606Bibb 28 107 48 64 29 322 50 74 359 0 62 1 215 2 10 57 788Bleckley 3 167 70 83 1 281 28 65 23 0 51 1 886 42 18 4 471Brantley 4 333 77 02 1 258 22 36 35 0 62 3 075 54 66 5 626Brooks 2 912 56 91 2 193 42 86 12 0 23 719 14 05 5 117Bryan 7 363 73 67 2 590 25 92 41 0 41 4 773 47 75 9 994Bulloch 12 252 63 77 6 840 35 60 120 0 62 5 412 28 17 19 212Burke 4 232 49 86 4 213 49 64 42 0 49 19 0 22 8 487Butts 5 119 66 12 2 572 33 22 51 0 66 2 547 32 90 7 742Calhoun 890 44 08 1 119 55 42 10 0 50 229 11 34 2 019Camden 9 488 66 85 4 637 32 67 68 0 48 4 851 34 18 14 193Candler 2 048 64 91 1 096 34 74 11 0 35 952 30 17 3 155Carroll 24 837 70 27 10 224 28 92 286 0 81 14 613 41 35 35 347Catoosa 16 406 73 43 5 807 25 99 128 0 58 10 599 47 44 22 341Charlton 2 311 68 15 1 064 31 38 16 0 47 1 247 36 77 3 391Chatham 45 484 49 62 45 630 49 78 557 0 61 146 0 16 91 671Chattahoochee 905 53 55 773 45 74 12 0 71 132 7 81 1 690Chattooga 4 992 63 50 2 809 35 73 61 0 78 2 183 27 77 7 862Cherokee 58 238 78 99 14 824 20 11 665 0 90 43 414 58 88 73 727Clarke 15 052 40 20 21 718 58 00 673 1 80 6 666 17 80 37 443Clay 509 38 85 798 60 92 3 0 23 289 22 07 1 310Clayton 23 106 29 01 56 113 70 46 424 0 53 33 007 41 45 79 643Clinch 1 501 66 18 750 33 07 17 0 75 751 33 11 2 268Cobb 173 467 61 94 103 955 37 12 2 639 0 94 69 512 24 82 280 061Coffee 8 306 67 35 3 979 32 26 48 0 39 4 327 35 09 12 333Colquitt 8 296 70 59 3 378 28 74 78 0 67 4 918 41 85 11 752Columbia 35 549 75 31 11 442 24 24 212 0 44 24 107 51 07 47 203Cook 3 065 63 56 1 733 35 94 24 0 49 1 332 27 62 4 822Coweta 31 682 74 36 10 647 24 99 280 0 66 21 035 49 37 42 609Crawford 2 830 64 20 1 552 35 21 26 0 59 1 278 28 99 4 408Crisp 3 865 61 80 2 357 37 69 32 0 51 1 508 24 11 6 254Dade 4 368 69 83 1 823 29 14 64 1 02 2 545 40 69 6 255Dawson 6 649 81 87 1 407 17 33 65 0 80 5 242 64 54 8 121Decatur 5 348 59 71 3 577 39 94 31 0 35 1 771 19 77 8 956DeKalb 73 570 26 58 200 787 72 55 2 414 0 87 127 217 45 97 276 771Dodge 4 584 65 52 2 384 34 08 28 0 40 2 200 31 44 6 996Dooly 1 853 48 18 1 973 51 30 20 0 52 120 3 12 3 846Dougherty 13 711 40 70 19 805 58 79 171 0 51 6 094 18 09 33 687Douglas 25 846 61 36 15 997 37 98 281 0 67 9 849 23 38 42 124Early 2 495 59 14 1 701 40 32 23 0 54 794 18 82 4 219Echols 757 76 39 231 23 31 3 0 30 526 53 08 991Effingham 12 503 77 26 3 613 22 33 66 0 41 8 890 54 93 16 182Elbert 4 626 60 33 2 984 38 91 58 0 76 1 642 21 42 7 668Emanuel 4 666 62 44 2 774 37 12 33 0 44 1 892 25 32 7 473Evans 2 291 65 16 1 213 34 50 12 0 34 1 078 30 66 3 516Fannin 6 862 71 01 2 727 28 22 75 0 77 4 135 42 79 9 664Fayette 37 346 70 97 14 887 28 29 391 0 74 22 459 42 68 52 624Floyd 21 400 67 56 10 038 31 69 238 0 75 11 362 35 87 31 676Forsyth 47 267 83 04 9 201 16 17 451 0 79 38 066 66 87 56 919Franklin 5 218 69 43 2 245 29 87 52 0 69 2 973 39 56 7 515Fulton 134 372 39 90 199 436 59 23 2 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37 92 3 418Jackson 12 611 77 84 3 468 21 40 123 0 76 9 143 56 44 16 202Jasper 3 157 66 56 1 558 32 85 28 0 59 1 599 33 71 4 743Jeff Davis 3 549 73 25 1 277 26 36 19 0 39 2 272 46 89 4 845Jefferson 3 066 46 89 3 447 52 71 26 0 40 381 5 82 6 539Jenkins 1 898 55 74 1 494 43 88 13 0 38 404 11 86 3 405Johnson 2 279 64 11 1 263 35 53 13 0 37 1 016 28 58 3 555Jones 6 939 63 91 3 855 35 50 64 0 59 3 084 28 41 10 858Lamar 4 027 61 96 2 432 37 42 40 0 62 1 595 24 54 6 499Lanier 1 641 63 38 931 35 96 17 0 65 710 27 42 2 589Laurens 10 883 63 05 6 281 36 39 97 0 66 4 602 26 66 17 261Lee 8 201 78 64 2 182 20 92 45 0 43 6 019 57 72 10 428Liberty 6 131 47 86 6 619 51 67 59 0 46 488 3 81 12 809Lincoln 2 309 63 12 1 337 36 55 12 0 33 972 26 57 3 658Long 1 994 65 57 1 033 33 97 14 0 46 961 31 60 3 041Lowndes 18 981 59 91 12 516 39 50 187 0 59 6 465 20 41 31 684Lumpkin 6 690 75 35 2 091 23 55 105 1 18 4 599 51 80 8 878Macon 1 851 38 72 2 906 60 79 23 0 48 1 055 22 07 4 780Madison 7 254 73 60 2 527 25 64 75 0 76 4 727 47 96 9 856Marion 1 670 56 48 1 275 43 12 12 0 41 395 13 36 2 957McDuffie 4 846 62 29 2 899 37 26 35 0 45 1 947 25 03 7 780McIntosh 2 837 52 71 2 523 46 88 22 0 40 314 5 83 5 382Meriwether 4 402 53 98 3 709 45 48 44 0 54 693 8 50 8 155Miller 1 694 69 37 736 30 14 12 0 49 958 39 23 2 442Mitchell 3 885 53 42 3 360 46 20 27 0 37 525 7 22 7 272Monroe 6 522 66 59 3 216 32 84 56 0 57 3 306 33 75 9 794Montgomery 2 150 67 82 1 007 31 77 13 0 41 1 143 36 05 3 170Morgan 4 902 67 64 2 304 31 79 41 0 57 2 598 35 85 7 247Murray 7 745 72 38 2 899 27 09 56 0 52 4 846 45 29 10 700Muscogee 30 850 48 16 32 867 51 31 335 0 52 2 017 3 15 64 052Newton 18 095 61 99 10 939 37 47 157 0 54 7 156 24 52 29 191Oconee 10 276 72 37 3 789 26 68 134 0 94 6 487 45 69 14 199Oglethorpe 3 688 65 41 1 899 33 68 51 0 91 1 789 31 73 5 638Paulding 30 843 76 13 9 420 23 25 251 0 62 21 423 52 88 40 514Peach 4 554 53 24 3 961 46 31 39 0 46 593 6 93 8 554Pickens 8 115 76 28 2 444 22 97 80 0 75 5 671 53 31 10 639Pierce 4 680 78 99 1 234 20 83 11 0 19 3 446 58 16 5 925Pike 5 193 76 94 1 506 22 31 50 0 74 3 687 54 63 6 749Polk 8 467 68 17 3 868 31 14 85 0 68 4 599 37 03 12 420Pulaski 2 202 62 61 1 294 36 79 21 0 60 908 25 82 3 517Putnam 5 188 63 91 2 880 35 48 50 0 62 2 308 28 43 8 118Quitman 409 42 38 543 56 27 13 1 35 134 13 89 965Rabun 4 650 70 00 1 918 28 87 75 1 13 2 732 41 13 6 643Randolph 1 418 46 49 1 612 52 85 20 0 66 194 6 36 3 050Richmond 29 764 42 90 39 262 56 59 350 0 51 9 498 13 69 69 376Rockdale 18 856 60 42 12 136 38 89 214 0 69 6 720 21 53 31 206Schley 1 063 69 39 464 30 29 5 0 33 599 39 10 1 532Screven 3 360 56 68 2 534 42 75 34 0 57 826 13 93 5 928Seminole 1 977 60 26 1 278 38 95 26 0 79 699 21 31 3 281Spalding 13 461 63 99 7 460 35 46 115 0 55 6 001 28 53 21 036Stephens 6 904 71 37 2 714 28 05 56 0 57 4 190 43 32 9 674Stewart 797 39 22 1 220 60 04 15 0 74 423 20 82 2 032Sumter 5 688 50 35 5 562 49 23 48 0 43 126 1 12 11 298Talbot 1 103 37 43 1 830 62 10 14 0 48 727 24 67 2 947Taliaferro 335 35 23 612 64 35 4 0 42 277 29 12 951Tattnall 4 657 71 93 1 787 27 60 30 0 46 2 870 44 33 6 474Taylor 1 912 56 52 1 458 43 10 13 0 39 454 13 42 3 383Telfair 2 171 57 49 1 590 42 11 15 0 40 581 15 38 3 776Terrell 1 859 48 58 1 951 50 98 17 0 45 92 2 40 3 827Thomas 9 659 61 39 5 997 38 12 77 0 49 3 662 23 27 15 733Tift 8 619 68 75 3 864 30 82 54 0 44 4 755 37 93 12 537Toombs 6 196 70 25 2 567 29 10 57 0 65 3 629 41 15 8 820Towns 3 823 72 34 1 430 27 06 32 0 60 2 393 45 28 5 285Treutlen 1 691 61 22 1 052 38 09 19 0 69 639 23 13 2 762Troup 14 183 64 65 7 630 34 78 126 0 57 6 553 29 87 21 939Turner 1 815 61 21 1 135 38 28 15 0 51 680 22 93 2 965Twiggs 2 112 48 34 2 220 50 81 37 0 85 108 2 47 4 369Union 6 847 74 06 2 327 25 17 71 0 77 4 520 48 89 9 245Upson 6 634 65 72 3 424 33 92 36 0 36 3 210 31 80 10 094Walker 15 340 71 34 5 986 27 84 176 0 82 9 354 43 50 21 502Walton 21 594 78 11 5 887 21 29 166 0 60 15 707 56 82 27 647Ware 7 790 68 99 3 449 30 55 52 0 46 4 341 38 44 11 291Warren 1 121 45 04 1 360 54 64 8 0 32 239 9 60 2 489Washington 4 081 51 93 3 733 47 51 44 0 56 348 4 42 6 691Wayne 6 819 71 31 2 683 28 06 60 0 63 4 136 43 25 9 562Webster 485 48 12 515 51 09 8 0 80 30 2 97 1 008Wheeler 1 192 58 03 847 41 24 15 0 73 345 16 79 2 054White 7 403 77 89 2 016 21 21 85 0 89 5 387 56 68 9 504Whitfield 19 297 73 10 6 933 26 26 169 0 74 12 364 46 84 26 399Wilcox 1 705 65 18 902 34 48 9 0 34 803 30 70 2 616Wilkes 2 490 54 75 2 028 44 59 30 0 66 462 10 16 4 548Wilkinson 2 261 50 04 2 235 49 47 22 0 49 26 0 57 4 518Worth 5 105 69 40 2 219 30 17 32 0 44 2 886 39 23 7 356Totals 1 914 254 57 93 1 366 149 41 34 24 078 0 73 548 105 16 59 3 304 481 nbsp County Flips Democratic Hold Gain from Republican Republican Hold Gain from DemocraticCounties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit Burke largest municipality Waynesboro Chattahoochee largest municipality Cusseta McIntosh largest municipality Darien Meriwether largest municipality Manchester Mitchell largest municipality Camilla Peach largest municipality Fort Valley Telfair largest municipality McRae Helena Washington largest municipality Sandersville Wilkinson largest municipality Gordon Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit Chatham largest municipality Savannah By congressional district edit Bush won 9 of 13 congressional districts including two held by Democrats 10 District Bush Kerry Representative1st 68 32 Jack Kingston2nd 54 46 Sanford Bishop3rd 56 44 Jim Marshall4th 27 72 Denise MajetteCynthia McKinney5th 27 73 John Lewis6th 70 29 Johnny IsaksonTom Price7th 73 26 John Linder8th 72 27 Lynn Westmoreland9th 72 27 Charlie Norwood10th 76 23 Nathan Deal11th 55 45 Phil Gingrey12th 47 53 Max BurnsJohn Barrow13th 36 64 David ScottElectors editMain article List of 2004 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of Georgia cast their ballots for electors representatives to the Electoral College Georgia is allocated 15 electors because it has 13 congressional districts and 2 senators All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write in votes must submit a list of 15 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 15 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 were pledged to and voted for George W Bush and Dick Cheney 11 12 Anna R Cablik Fred Cooper Nancy N Coverdell James C Edenfield Karen Handel Donald F Layfield Carolyn Dodgen Meadows Sunny K Park Alec Poitevint Joan Ransom Nardender G Reddy Jame Raynolds Norma Mountain Rogers Eric Tanenblatt Virgil WilliamsReferences edit Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2004 United States Census Bureau March 2006 Retrieved December 19 2020 Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections uselectionatlas org Retrieved April 11 2023 D C s Political Report s 2004 Presidential Ratings Archived from the original on November 21 2010 Retrieved July 8 2021 2004 Presidential Election Polls Retrieved July 8 2021 Political Campaign Contributions Campaign Finance Information 04 Election Cycle Retrieved July 8 2021 Political Campaign Contributions Campaign Finance Information 04 Election Cycle Retrieved July 8 2021 CNN com Specials CNN CNN com Specials CNN Official General Election Results for US president 2004 PDF p 5 Archived from the original PDF on May 13 2009 Retrieved July 17 2009 2004 Presidential General Election Data Georgia Retrieved July 8 2021 U S Electoral College 2004 Election Archived from the original on October 9 2008 Retrieved July 8 2021 2004 Presidential Electors Archived from the original on January 12 2006 Retrieved June 29 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2004 United States presidential election in Georgia amp oldid 1201163786, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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