Colorado presidential election results 2004

George W. Bush carried Colorado by 4.67 points (99,523 votes), winning 9 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 9
Votes counted: 2,130,330
CO result: R+4.7
Compared with the nation: 2.3 pts more Republican
Swing since 2000: 3.7 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	1,101,255	51.70%	9
John Kerry	Democratic	1,001,732	47.00%	—
Total votes		2,130,330

Sources: 2004

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Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.

County	John Kerry	George W. Bush	Others	Total	Margin
Adams	69,122	65,912	1,638	136,672	2.3
Alamosa	3,017	3,179	73	6,269	2.6
Arapahoe	110,262	119,475	2,434	232,171	4.0
Archuleta	2,141	3,601	97	5,839	25.0
Baca	483	1,680	23	2,186	54.8
Bent	785	1,338	32	2,155	25.7
Boulder	105,564	51,586	2,107	159,257	33.9
Broomfield	10,935	12,007	293	23,235	4.6
Chaffee	3,766	4,875	128	8,769	12.6
Cheyenne	198	923	13	1,134	63.9
Clear Creek	2,989	2,522	102	5,613	8.3
Conejos	1,894	1,864	42	3,800	0.8
Costilla	1,170	566	23	1,759	34.3
Crowley	478	1,006	9	1,493	35.4
Custer	739	1,657	32	2,428	37.8
Delta	4,224	9,722	213	14,159	38.8
Denver	166,135	69,903	2,634	238,672	40.3
Dolores	333	785	28	1,146	39.4
Douglas	39,661	80,651	888	121,200	33.8
Eagle	9,744	8,533	234	18,511	6.5
El Paso	77,648	161,361	2,777	241,786	34.6
Elbert	2,834	8,389	138	11,361	48.9
Fremont	5,933	12,313	277	18,523	34.4
Garfield	9,228	11,123	296	20,647	9.2
Gilpin	1,807	1,329	60	3,196	15.0
Grand	3,243	4,260	106	7,609	13.4
Gunnison	4,782	3,479	159	8,420	15.5
Hinsdale	236	355	11	602	19.8
Huerfano	1,663	1,700	39	3,402	1.1
Jackson	210	710	14	934	53.5
Jefferson	126,558	140,644	4,091	271,293	5.2
Kiowa	172	712	8	892	60.5
Kit Carson	729	2,721	52	3,502	56.9
La Plata	13,409	11,704	377	25,490	6.7
Lake	1,623	1,261	65	2,949	12.3
Larimer	68,266	75,884	2,285	146,435	5.2
Las Animas	3,300	3,196	91	6,587	1.6
Lincoln	503	1,819	15	2,337	56.3
Logan	2,491	6,168	107	8,766	41.9
Mesa	19,564	41,539	782	61,885	35.5
Mineral	227	383	9	619	25.2
Moffat	1,355	4,247	123	5,725	50.5
Montezuma	3,867	6,988	160	11,015	28.3
Montrose	4,776	11,218	225	16,219	39.7
Morgan	3,039	6,787	110	9,936	37.7
Otero	3,164	4,947	69	8,180	21.8
Ouray	1,278	1,402	39	2,719	4.6
Park	3,445	4,781	129	8,355	16.0
Phillips	582	1,717	26	2,325	48.8
Pitkin	6,335	2,784	136	9,255	38.4
Prowers	1,308	3,392	45	4,745	43.9
Pueblo	35,369	31,117	696	67,182	6.3
Rio Blanco	566	2,403	34	3,003	61.2
Rio Grande	2,006	3,448	69	5,523	26.1
Routt	6,392	5,199	170	11,761	10.1
Saguache	1,594	1,163	46	2,803	15.4
San Juan	253	216	17	486	7.6
San Miguel	2,876	1,079	64	4,019	44.7
Sedgwick	374	971	15	1,360	43.9
Summit	8,144	5,370	221	13,735	20.2
Teller	3,556	8,094	190	11,840	38.3
Washington	455	2,050	25	2,530	63.0
Weld	31,868	55,591	1,193	88,652	26.8
Yuma	1,064	3,456	39	4,559	52.5

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

Notes on how this document was read

Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).

Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).

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Questions and answers

Who won Colorado in 2004?

George W. Bush won Colorado by 4.67 percentage points (99,523 votes).

How many electoral votes did Colorado have in 2004?

Colorado cast 9 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in Colorado in 2004?

2,130,330 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Colorado in 2004?

George W. Bush 45, John Kerry 19 (out of 64 counties with results).

How did Colorado change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 3.7 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 8.4 points to Republican by 4.7 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data