General Election
The United States presidential election of 2004 was the 55th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Republican Party candidate and incumbent President George W. Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the then-junior Senator from Massachusetts.
November 3, 2004, Kerry conceded the race. Kerry won 59.03 million votes, or 48.3 percent of the popular vote; Bush won 62.04 million votes, or 50.7 percent of the popular vote. Kerry carried states with a total of 252 electoral votes. One Kerry elector voted for Kerry's running mate, Edwards, so in the final tally Kerry had 251 electoral votes to Bush's 286. Although, as in the previous election, there were disputes about the voting, no state was as close as Florida had been in 2000.
| Nominee | John Kerry | |
|---|---|---|
| Party | Democratic | |
| Home state | Massachusetts | |
| Running mate | John Edwards | |
| Electoral vote | 251[2][3] | |
| States carried | 19 + DC | |
| Popular vote | 59,028,444 | |
| Percentage | 48.3% |
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