Idaho presidential election results 2004

George W. Bush carried Idaho by 38.12 points (228,137 votes), winning 4 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 4
Votes counted: 598,447
ID result: R+38.1
Compared with the nation: 35.7 pts more Republican
Swing since 2000: 1.4 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	409,235	68.40%	4
John Kerry	Democratic	181,098	30.30%	—
Total votes		598,447

Sources: 2004

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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County	John Kerry	George W. Bush	Others	Total	Margin
Ada	58,523	94,641	1,838	155,002	23.3
Adams	555	1,468	40	2,063	44.3
Bannock	12,903	21,479	461	34,843	24.6
Bear Lake	494	2,506	40	3,040	66.2
Benewah	1,148	2,823	76	4,047	41.4
Bingham	3,605	12,734	225	16,564	55.1
Blaine	5,992	4,034	120	10,146	19.3
Boise	970	2,501	56	3,527	43.4
Bonner	6,649	10,697	335	17,681	22.9
Bonneville	8,356	30,048	467	38,871	55.8
Boundary	1,268	3,012	98	4,378	39.8
Butte	321	1,077	8	1,406	53.8
Camas	139	450	6	595	52.3
Canyon	13,415	41,599	678	55,692	50.6
Caribou	491	2,753	37	3,281	68.9
Cassia	1,153	6,562	106	7,821	69.2
Clark	46	302	5	353	72.5
Clearwater	1,117	2,839	78	4,034	42.7
Custer	559	1,762	37	2,358	51.0
Elmore	1,959	6,011	89	8,059	50.3
Franklin	456	4,527	71	5,054	80.6
Fremont	741	4,965	63	5,769	73.2
Gem	1,628	5,416	90	7,134	53.1
Gooding	1,278	3,973	74	5,325	50.6
Idaho	1,689	6,017	259	7,965	54.3
Jefferson	1,084	7,703	119	8,906	74.3
Jerome	1,344	5,177	59	6,580	58.3
Kootenai	17,584	36,173	839	54,596	34.0
Latah	8,430	8,686	431	17,547	1.5
Lemhi	915	3,079	59	4,053	53.4
Lewis	440	1,359	21	1,820	50.5
Lincoln	466	1,388	21	1,875	49.2
Madison	826	10,693	118	11,637	84.8
Minidoka	1,331	5,797	72	7,200	62.0
Nez Perce	6,476	11,009	215	17,700	25.6
Oneida	304	1,789	40	2,133	69.6
Owyhee	685	2,859	46	3,590	60.6
Payette	1,848	6,256	76	8,180	53.9
Power	829	2,105	24	2,958	43.1
Shoshone	2,331	2,922	84	5,337	11.1
Teton	1,416	2,235	39	3,690	22.2
Twin Falls	6,458	19,672	305	26,435	50.0
Valley	1,843	2,863	66	4,772	21.4
Washington	1,033	3,274	52	4,359	51.4

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 Idaho in 2004?

George W. Bush won Idaho by 38.12 percentage points (228,137 votes).

How many electoral votes did Idaho have in 2004?

Idaho cast 4 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in Idaho in 2004?

598,447 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 43, John Kerry 1 (out of 44 counties with results).

How did Idaho change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 1.4 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 39.5 points to Republican by 38.1 points.

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