United States presidential election, 2004, in Kentucky
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A conservative and Republican leaning state, Kentucky was easily won by incumbent President George W. Bush over his Democratic challenger, John F. Kerry, a United States senator from Massachusetts, by a margin of almost 20%. Bush widened his margin of victory since his victory here in 2000 against Al Gore, who used to be senator from neighboring Tennessee by 5%. He made his biggest progress in the eastern part of the state, and at the border with Virginia.
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush of Texas | Richard Cheney of Wyoming | Republican | 8 | 1,069,439 | 59.55% |
| John Kerry of Massachusetts | John Edwards of North Carolina | Democrat | 0 | 712,733 | 39.69% |
| Ralph Nader of Connecticut | Peter Camejo of California | Reform | 0 | 8,856 | 0.49% |
| Others | - | - | 0 | 4,832 | 0.27% |
| Other elections: 2000, 2004, 2008 | |||||
Statewide winner in bold. See main article : U.S. presidential election, 2004.
[edit] Results by county
| County | John F. Kerry | George W. Bush | Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | 23.7% | 1,764 | 75.6% | 5,628 | 0.7% | 55 |
| Allen | 26.8% | 1,923 | 72.6% | 5,202 | 0.5% | 38 |
| Anderson | 32.7% | 3,141 | 66.3% | 6,363 | 0.9% | 87 |
| Ballard | 42.1% | 1,759 | 57.2% | 2,389 | 0.7% | 29 |
| Barren | 32.3% | 5,216 | 67.1% | 10,822 | 0.6% | 102 |
| Bath | 53.0% | 2,608 | 46.1% | 2,269 | 0.9% | 42 |
| Bell | 38.3% | 4,210 | 61.1% | 6,722 | 0.6% | 70 |
| Boone | 27.5% | 12,391 | 71.7% | 32,329 | 0.8% | 362 |
| Bourbon | 38.9% | 3,198 | 60.3% | 4,953 | 0.8% | 66 |
| Boyd | 46.5% | 10,132 | 52.8% | 11,501 | 0.7% | 144 |
| Boyle | 37.2% | 4,646 | 62.2% | 7,764 | 0.6% | 80 |
| Bracken | 33.6% | 1,213 | 65.5% | 2,363 | 0.9% | 34 |
| Breathitt | 56.0% | 3,327 | 42.8% | 2,542 | 1.3% | 75 |
| Breckinridge | 33.8% | 2,884 | 65.5% | 5,580 | 0.7% | 56 |
| Bullitt | 31.6% | 9,043 | 67.9% | 19,433 | 0.5% | 151 |
| Butler | 25.7% | 1,436 | 73.7% | 4,109 | 0.6% | 33 |
| Caldwell | 35.4% | 2,245 | 64.0% | 4,066 | 0.6% | 38 |
| Calloway | 37.8% | 5,728 | 61.4% | 9,293 | 0.8% | 124 |
| Campbell | 35.5% | 14,253 | 63.6% | 25,540 | 1.0% | 382 |
| Carlisle | 38.7% | 1,102 | 60.9% | 1,734 | 0.3% | 9 |
| Carroll | 43.3% | 1,688 | 55.8% | 2,175 | 0.9% | 34 |
| Carter | 50.2% | 5,577 | 48.8% | 5,422 | 1.1% | 118 |
| Casey | 18.6% | 1,174 | 80.8% | 5,109 | 0.6% | 38 |
| Christian | 33.2% | 6,970 | 66.3% | 13,935 | 0.5% | 110 |
| Clark | 37.0% | 5,661 | 62.3% | 9,540 | 0.8% | 116 |
| Clay | 24.7% | 1,901 | 74.5% | 5,726 | 0.8% | 60 |
| Clinton | 21.9% | 952 | 77.4% | 3,369 | 0.7% | 31 |
| Crittenden | 34.3% | 1,438 | 65.1% | 2,726 | 0.6% | 26 |
| Cumberland | 26.2% | 848 | 72.7% | 2,356 | 1.1% | 35 |
| Daviess | 38.1% | 15,788 | 61.2% | 25,372 | 0.8% | 323 |
| Edmonson | 33.9% | 1,856 | 65.6% | 3,595 | 0.5% | 30 |
| Elliott | 69.8% | 2,064 | 29.5% | 871 | 0.7% | 22 |
| Estill | 34.2% | 1,907 | 65.2% | 3,633 | 0.6% | 35 |
| Fayette | 46.2% | 57,994 | 52.9% | 66,406 | 0.9% | 1,176 |
| Fleming | 38.8% | 2,406 | 60.4% | 3,749 | 0.8% | 48 |
| Floyd | 62.2% | 11,132 | 37.0% | 6,612 | 0.8% | 141 |
| Franklin | 48.1% | 11,620 | 50.9% | 12,281 | 1.0% | 232 |
| Fulton | 46.4% | 1,340 | 52.8% | 1,527 | 0.8% | 23 |
| Gallatin | 38.7% | 1,188 | 60.8% | 1,869 | 0.5% | 16 |
| Garrard | 27.7% | 1,841 | 71.9% | 4,784 | 0.5% | 33 |
| Grant | 31.9% | 2,818 | 67.4% | 5,951 | 0.6% | 55 |
| Graves | 38.2% | 6,206 | 61.0% | 9,903 | 0.7% | 120 |
| Grayson | 28.6% | 2,905 | 70.7% | 7,170 | 0.7% | 68 |
| Green | 25.2% | 1,312 | 74.3% | 3,866 | 0.5% | 28 |
| Greenup | 46.4% | 7,630 | 52.9% | 8,696 | 0.7% | 109 |
| Hancock | 42.4% | 1,709 | 56.7% | 2,286 | 0.8% | 34 |
| Hardin | 31.6% | 11,507 | 67.6% | 24,627 | 0.8% | 307 |
| Harlan | 39.1% | 4,332 | 60.2% | 6,659 | 0.7% | 79 |
| Harrison | 36.3% | 2,807 | 62.8% | 4,855 | 0.9% | 69 |
| Hart | 36.4% | 2,470 | 62.9% | 4,269 | 0.7% | 45 |
| Henderson | 43.3% | 8,101 | 56.0% | 10,467 | 0.7% | 133 |
| Henry | 36.4% | 2,366 | 63.0% | 4,094 | 0.6% | 39 |
| Hickman | 39.5% | 926 | 59.6% | 1,395 | 0.9% | 21 |
| Hopkins | 34.1% | 6,420 | 65.4% | 12,314 | 0.6% | 109 |
| Jackson | 14.9% | 769 | 84.4% | 4,369 | 0.8% | 40 |
| Jefferson | 50.4% | 170,158 | 48.8% | 164,566 | 0.8% | 2,626 |
| Jessamine | 29.5% | 5,476 | 69.8% | 12,972 | 0.7% | 132 |
| Johnson | 35.3% | 3,288 | 63.8% | 5,940 | 0.8% | 76 |
| Kenton | 34.0% | 22,834 | 65.1% | 43,664 | 0.9% | 625 |
| Knott | 63.4% | 4,685 | 35.8% | 2,648 | 0.8% | 61 |
| Knox | 31.8% | 3,822 | 67.4% | 8,108 | 0.8% | 98 |
| Larue | 30.5% | 1,823 | 68.9% | 4,111 | 0.6% | 34 |
| Laurel | 23.8% | 5,297 | 75.5% | 16,819 | 0.7% | 148 |
| Lawrence | 41.5% | 2,705 | 57.7% | 3,755 | 0.8% | 53 |
| Lee | 30.1% | 878 | 69.1% | 2,018 | 0.8% | 24 |
| Leslie | 25.5% | 1,266 | 73.8% | 3,661 | 0.7% | 37 |
| Letcher | 46.2% | 4,192 | 53.0% | 4,801 | 0.8% | 72 |
| Lewis | 30.4% | 1,667 | 68.9% | 3,778 | 0.7% | 39 |
| Lincoln | 31.5% | 2,796 | 67.7% | 5,996 | 0.8% | 71 |
| Livingston | 42.6% | 2,007 | 56.8% | 2,675 | 0.5% | 24 |
| Logan | 35.4% | 3,768 | 64.0% | 6,815 | 0.6% | 61 |
| Lyon | 45.1% | 1,769 | 54.3% | 2,132 | 0.6% | 24 |
| McCracken | 38.1% | 11,361 | 61.1% | 18,218 | 0.7% | 218 |
| McCreary | 26.9% | 1,530 | 72.4% | 4,121 | 0.7% | 42 |
| McLean | 41.1% | 1,823 | 58.3% | 2,584 | 0.6% | 28 |
| Madison | 37.5% | 11,525 | 61.6% | 18,922 | 0.8% | 260 |
| Magoffin | 49.7% | 2,843 | 49.6% | 2,836 | 0.7% | 39 |
| Marion | 46.2% | 3,399 | 53.1% | 3,905 | 0.7% | 50 |
| Marshall | 41.1% | 6,383 | 58.3% | 9,049 | 0.6% | 89 |
| Martin | 33.1% | 1,504 | 66.0% | 2,996 | 0.9% | 39 |
| Mason | 37.3% | 2,644 | 61.9% | 4,381 | 0.8% | 54 |
| Meade | 34.0% | 3,724 | 65.3% | 7,152 | 0.7% | 75 |
| Menifee | 50.8% | 1,284 | 48.1% | 1,215 | 1.1% | 29 |
| Mercer | 32.1% | 3,224 | 67.3% | 6,745 | 0.6% | 59 |
| Metcalfe | 35.4% | 1,472 | 63.6% | 2,645 | 1.0% | 40 |
| Monroe | 19.8% | 1,158 | 79.7% | 4,657 | 0.5% | 28 |
| Montgomery | 44.0% | 4,506 | 55.2% | 5,647 | 0.8% | 77 |
| Morgan | 48.0% | 2,532 | 50.9% | 2,682 | 1.1% | 58 |
| Muhlenberg | 49.2% | 6,636 | 50.1% | 6,749 | 0.7% | 94 |
| Nelson | 38.7% | 6,524 | 60.3% | 10,161 | 0.9% | 159 |
| Nicholas | 43.5% | 1,332 | 55.6% | 1,700 | 0.9% | 27 |
| Ohio | 36.2% | 3,627 | 62.9% | 6,311 | 0.9% | 90 |
| Oldham | 29.8% | 8,080 | 69.3% | 18,801 | 0.9% | 251 |
| Owen | 34.1% | 1,615 | 65.0% | 3,084 | 0.9% | 42 |
| Owsley | 21.5% | 430 | 77.9% | 1,558 | 0.6% | 11 |
| Pendleton | 32.2% | 1,940 | 67.1% | 4,045 | 0.7% | 40 |
| Perry | 46.3% | 5,400 | 53.1% | 6,187 | 0.6% | 68 |
| Pike | 52.3% | 14,002 | 47.1% | 12,611 | 0.6% | 157 |
| Powell | 45.3% | 2,249 | 54.2% | 2,687 | 0.5% | 24 |
| Pulaski | 22.8% | 5,829 | 76.6% | 19,535 | 0.6% | 152 |
| Robertson | 37.9% | 413 | 61.5% | 670 | 0.6% | 7 |
| Rockcastle | 21.4% | 1,320 | 77.9% | 4,804 | 0.7% | 42 |
| Rowan | 52.3% | 4,556 | 46.7% | 4,063 | 1.0% | 87 |
| Russell | 22.7% | 1,772 | 76.8% | 6,009 | 0.5% | 40 |
| Scott | 37.1% | 6,325 | 62.2% | 10,600 | 0.7% | 125 |
| Shelby | 32.3% | 5,277 | 66.9% | 10,909 | 0.8% | 127 |
| Simpson | 38.8% | 2,730 | 60.7% | 4,273 | 0.6% | 40 |
| Spencer | 28.9% | 1,970 | 70.6% | 4,816 | 0.5% | 36 |
| Taylor | 28.9% | 2,979 | 70.4% | 7,247 | 0.7% | 69 |
| Todd | 31.4% | 1,491 | 68.2% | 3,242 | 0.4% | 21 |
| Trigg | 33.5% | 2,046 | 65.8% | 4,023 | 0.7% | 42 |
| Trimble | 37.7% | 1,428 | 61.5% | 2,332 | 0.8% | 30 |
| Union | 40.1% | 2,398 | 59.1% | 3,534 | 0.8% | 45 |
| Warren | 36.1% | 14,326 | 63.2% | 25,100 | 0.7% | 285 |
| Washington | 32.9% | 1,724 | 66.4% | 3,479 | 0.6% | 33 |
| Wayne | 34.0% | 2,616 | 65.4% | 5,027 | 0.5% | 42 |
| Webster | 41.5% | 2,304 | 57.8% | 3,207 | 0.6% | 36 |
| Whitley | 29.2% | 3,985 | 70.1% | 9,559 | 0.6% | 85 |
| Wolfe | 55.3% | 1,744 | 43.9% | 1,385 | 0.8% | 26 |
| Woodford | 38.9% | 4,480 | 60.3% | 6,937 | 0.7% | 85 |
