Oklahoma was won by incumbent PresidentGeorge W. Bush by a 31.14% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise considered a safe red state. Bush won this state, every single county, and congressional district. Giving Bush 65.57% of the vote, it was the most Republican state in the south and Bush's fifth best performance in the country after Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Nebraska.[1]
Oklahoma has been a Republican-leaning state since 1952 and a Republican stronghold since 1980. This was the first of five consecutive elections to date in which every county in the state was won by the Republican candidate.
Bush won every single pre-election poll, each with a double-digit margin and with at least 53% of the vote, except for the first poll. Many polls had Bush winning with a 30% margin or even higher. The final 3 poll average had Bush leading 63% to 32%.[3]
Fundraising
Bush raised $1,194,549.[4] Kerry raised $357,038.[5]
Advertising and visits
Neither campaign advertised or visited this state during the fall campaign.[6][7]
Analysis
By 2000, Oklahoma had long been one of the more Republican-leaning states in the South, having been one of only two Southern states to have voted for Gerald Ford over Jimmy Carter in 1976, and having been one of a handful of Southern states never to vote for Bill Clinton. In 2000, George W. Bush, then the governor of the neighboring state of Texas, carried the Sooner State with a little over 60% of the vote, making it his sixth-best state nationally and his best state in the South that year. However, Al Gore did manage to carry a cluster of traditionally Democratic rural counties in the eastern part of the state.
In 2004, Bush improved his percentage in Oklahoma by a little over 5% and carried every county in the state, the first of five consecutive elections (as of 2020) in which the Republican has swept the state's counties. He performed strongly in both the state's rural areas, and in its two main population centers, getting 64% of the vote in both Oklahoma and Tulsa Counties. Only in six counties was Kerry so much as able to hold Bush to a single-digit margin: Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, McIntosh, Muskogee, and Okmulgee. None of these cast over 30,000 votes. However, in McIntosh County, John Kerry held Bush to a margin of just 2%, which would be the closest any Democrat since Gore came to carrying any Oklahoma county until Joe Biden came within 1.5% of carrying Oklahoma County in 2020. In addition, McIntosh County voted marginally more Democratic than the nation at-large, the last time any county in the state has voted as such as of 2022.
The third-party vote, which had amounted to 1.26% of the total state vote in 2000, disappeared in 2004, as no independent obtained ballot access in the state in 2004. Oklahoma has the toughest laws regarding third-party ballot access,[8] and 2004 was the first of three elections in a row in which only the Democrat and the Republican appeared on the ballot (with write-in votes not allowed).
Results
2004 United States presidential election in Oklahoma[9]
Technically the voters of Oklahoma cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Oklahoma is allocated 7 electors because it has 5 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 7 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 7 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 7 were pledged for Bush/Cheney:
George Wiland
Paul Hollrah
Colby Schwartz
Diana Gunther
Ken Bartlett
Donald Burdick
Bob Hudspeth
The slate for the Democrats, which was not elected, consisted of George Krumme, Edwynne Krumme, Maxine Horner, Jim Hamilton, Bernice Mitchell, Betty McElderry, Bob Lemon[11]
^"Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
^"Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000-2008 – Swing State Project".
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Main article 2004 United States presidential election The 2004 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 2 2004 and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election Voters chose seven representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 2004 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 2000 November 2 2004 2008 Turnout68 3 of registered voters 55 6 of voting age population Nominee George W Bush John KerryParty Republican DemocraticHome state Texas MassachusettsRunning mate Dick Cheney John EdwardsElectoral vote 7 0Popular vote 959 792 503 966Percentage 65 57 34 43 County Results Bush 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 President before electionGeorge W BushRepublican Elected President George W BushRepublicanOklahoma was won by incumbent President George W Bush by a 31 14 margin of victory Prior to the election all 12 news organizations considered this a state Bush would win or otherwise considered a safe red state Bush won this state every single county and congressional district Giving Bush 65 57 of the vote it was the most Republican state in the south and Bush s fifth best performance in the country after Utah Wyoming Idaho and Nebraska 1 Oklahoma has been a Republican leaning state since 1952 and a Republican stronghold since 1980 This was the first of five consecutive elections to date in which every county in the state was won by the Republican candidate 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 2 By congressional district 5 Electors 6 See also 7 ReferencesPrimaries Edit2004 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary 2004 Oklahoma Republican presidential primaryCampaign EditPredictions Edit There were 12 news organizations who made state by state predictions of the election Here are their last predictions before election day 2 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 BushPolling Edit Bush won every single pre election poll each with a double digit margin and with at least 53 of the vote except for the first poll Many polls had Bush winning with a 30 margin or even higher The final 3 poll average had Bush leading 63 to 32 3 Fundraising Edit Bush raised 1 194 549 4 Kerry raised 357 038 5 Advertising and visits Edit Neither campaign advertised or visited this state during the fall campaign 6 7 Analysis EditBy 2000 Oklahoma had long been one of the more Republican leaning states in the South having been one of only two Southern states to have voted for Gerald Ford over Jimmy Carter in 1976 and having been one of a handful of Southern states never to vote for Bill Clinton In 2000 George W Bush then the governor of the neighboring state of Texas carried the Sooner State with a little over 60 of the vote making it his sixth best state nationally and his best state in the South that year However Al Gore did manage to carry a cluster of traditionally Democratic rural counties in the eastern part of the state In 2004 Bush improved his percentage in Oklahoma by a little over 5 and carried every county in the state the first of five consecutive elections as of 2020 in which the Republican has swept the state s counties He performed strongly in both the state s rural areas and in its two main population centers getting 64 of the vote in both Oklahoma and Tulsa Counties Only in six counties was Kerry so much as able to hold Bush to a single digit margin Cherokee Choctaw Coal McIntosh Muskogee and Okmulgee None of these cast over 30 000 votes However in McIntosh County John Kerry held Bush to a margin of just 2 which would be the closest any Democrat since Gore came to carrying any Oklahoma county until Joe Biden came within 1 5 of carrying Oklahoma County in 2020 In addition McIntosh County voted marginally more Democratic than the nation at large the last time any county in the state has voted as such as of 2022 The third party vote which had amounted to 1 26 of the total state vote in 2000 disappeared in 2004 as no independent obtained ballot access in the state in 2004 Oklahoma has the toughest laws regarding third party ballot access 8 and 2004 was the first of three elections in a row in which only the Democrat and the Republican appeared on the ballot with write in votes not allowed Results Edit2004 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 9 Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votesRepublican George W Bush Dick Cheney 959 792 65 57 7Democratic John Kerry John Edwards 503 966 34 43 0Voter turnout Voting age population 55 6 By county Edit County Bush Bush Kerry Kerry Adair 4 970 66 2 560 34 Alfalfa 2 201 82 470 18 Atoka 3 140 62 1 946 38 Beaver 2 271 88 297 12 Beckham 5 454 74 1 931 26 Blaine 3 199 72 1 222 28 Bryan 8 614 60 5 742 40 Caddo 6 491 62 3 916 38 Canadian 33 297 77 9 712 23 Carter 12 173 65 6 464 35 Cherokee 9 563 53 8 622 47 Choctaw 3 168 55 2 639 45 Cimarron 1 242 87 184 13 Cleveland 65 666 66 33 984 34 Coal 1 396 54 1 203 46 Comanche 21 163 64 12 020 36 Cotton 1 742 66 898 34 Craig 3 894 61 2 504 39 Creek 18 845 66 9 927 35 Custer 7 839 74 2 801 26 Delaware 10 016 64 5 591 36 Dewey 1 843 82 408 18 Ellis 1 685 81 395 19 Garfield 17 685 76 5 586 24 Garvin 7 610 67 3 706 33 Grady 14 129 70 5 969 30 Grant 1 950 77 571 23 Greer 1 529 68 719 32 Harmon 838 70 354 30 Harper 1 397 84 268 16 Haskell 2 946 55 2 378 45 Hughes 3 066 57 2 286 43 Jackson 7 024 76 2 232 24 Jefferson 1 546 59 1 057 41 Johnston 2 634 61 1 711 39 Kay 14 177 70 5 956 30 Kingfisher 5 629 85 1 022 15 Kiowa 2 608 65 1 413 35 Latimer 2 535 57 1 945 43 LeFlore 10 681 61 6 740 39 Lincoln 10 149 72 4 041 28 Logan 11 467 70 4 869 30 Love 2 295 60 1 538 40 Major 3 120 85 537 15 Marshall 3 363 62 2 088 38 Mayes 9 946 59 6 933 41 McClain 10 038 73 3 742 27 McCurtain 7 472 67 3 684 33 McIntosh 4 692 51 4 488 49 Murray 3 665 61 2 310 39 Muskogee 15 121 55 12 585 45 Noble 3 993 75 1 335 25 Nowata 2 805 63 1 659 37 Okfuskee 2 542 59 1 743 41 Oklahoma 174 707 64 97 283 36 Okmulgee 8 363 53 7 367 47 Osage 11 467 59 8 068 41 Ottawa 7 439 59 5 084 41 Pawnee 4 412 63 2 563 37 Payne 19 560 66 10 101 34 Pittsburg 11 134 60 7 452 40 Pontotoc 9 642 65 5 165 35 Pottawatomie 17 212 67 8 636 33 Pushmataha 2 862 60 1 934 40 Roger 1 388 78 382 22 Rogers 24 981 68 11 917 32 Seminole 5 623 61 3 648 39 Sequoyah 8 865 60 5 910 40 Stephens 13 645 71 5 514 29 Texas 5 449 84 1 016 16 Tillman 2 273 66 1 175 34 Tulsa 163 434 64 90 204 36 Wagoner 19 081 68 9 157 32 Washington 16 551 71 6 862 29 Washita 3 705 73 1 340 27 Woods 3 165 77 930 23 Woodward 6 188 81 1 457 19 By congressional district Edit Bush won all 5 congressional districts including one held by a Democrat 10 District Bush Kerry Representative1st 65 35 John Sullivan2nd 59 41 Brad CarsonDan Boren3rd 72 28 Frank Lucas4th 67 33 Tom Cole5th 64 36 Ernest IstookElectors EditMain article List of 2004 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of Oklahoma cast their ballots for electors representatives to the Electoral College Oklahoma is allocated 7 electors because it has 5 congressional districts and 2 senators All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write in votes must submit a list of 7 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 7 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 7 were pledged for Bush Cheney George Wiland Paul Hollrah Colby Schwartz Diana Gunther Ken Bartlett Donald Burdick Bob HudspethThe slate for the Democrats which was not elected consisted of George Krumme Edwynne Krumme Maxine Horner Jim Hamilton Bernice Mitchell Betty McElderry Bob Lemon 11 See also EditUnited States presidential elections in Oklahoma Presidency of George W BushReferences Edit 2004 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved 2018 03 05 http www dcpoliticalreport com members 2004 Pred2 htm NW permanent dead link 2004 Presidential Election Polls uselectionatlas org 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 Candidate tracker CNN Retrieved 2022 05 27 America votes 2004 Campaign ad buys CNN Archived from the original on 2021 04 22 Retrieved 2022 05 27 Third party Oklahoma voters seek easier ballot access Oklahoman com 2012 10 09 Retrieved 2021 11 09 Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Presidential Results by Congressional District 2000 2008 Swing State Project PDF https web archive org web 20200125231659 https www ok gov elections documents 08electr pdf Archived from the original PDF on 2020 01 25 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2004 United States presidential election in Oklahoma amp oldid 1125230350, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
