Iowa presidential election results 2004

George W. Bush carried Iowa by 0.67 points (10,059 votes), winning 7 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 7
Votes counted: 1,506,908
IA result: R+0.7
Compared with the nation: 1.7 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2000: 1.0 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	751,957	49.90%	7
John Kerry	Democratic	741,898	49.20%	—
Total votes		1,506,908

Sources: 2004

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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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
Adair	1,844	2,402	32	4,278	13.0
Adams	977	1,317	31	2,325	14.6
Allamakee	3,449	3,530	83	7,062	1.1
Appanoose	3,063	3,340	47	6,450	4.3
Audubon	1,608	1,958	26	3,592	9.7
Benton	6,747	6,658	96	13,501	0.7
Black Hawk	35,392	28,046	469	63,907	11.5
Boone	7,027	6,870	112	14,009	1.1
Bremer	6,025	6,665	89	12,779	5.0
Buchanan	5,608	4,797	70	10,475	7.7
Buena Vista	3,520	4,887	83	8,490	16.1
Butler	3,001	4,417	57	7,475	18.9
Calhoun	2,243	3,255	44	5,542	18.3
Carroll	4,689	5,762	73	10,524	10.2
Cass	2,679	4,796	68	7,543	28.1
Cedar	4,747	4,869	78	9,694	1.3
Cerro Gordo	13,372	10,960	184	24,516	9.8
Cherokee	2,988	3,758	50	6,796	11.3
Chickasaw	3,708	3,040	58	6,806	9.8
Clarke	2,323	2,200	43	4,566	2.7
Clay	3,547	4,898	143	8,588	15.7
Clayton	4,736	4,312	120	9,168	4.6
Clinton	13,813	10,666	205	24,684	12.7
Crawford	3,220	3,955	67	7,242	10.1
Dallas	10,917	15,183	193	26,293	16.2
Davis	1,731	2,148	39	3,918	10.6
Decatur	1,859	2,088	64	4,011	5.7
Delaware	4,227	4,908	65	9,200	7.4
Des Moines	12,456	8,221	197	20,874	20.3
Dickinson	4,140	5,337	76	9,553	12.5
Dubuque	26,561	20,100	382	47,043	13.7
Emmet	2,405	2,697	54	5,156	5.7
Fayette	5,185	5,128	79	10,392	0.5
Floyd	4,349	3,745	73	8,167	7.4
Franklin	2,340	3,128	53	5,521	14.3
Fremont	1,510	2,362	39	3,911	21.8
Greene	2,459	2,618	36	5,113	3.1
Grundy	2,386	4,429	34	6,849	29.8
Guthrie	2,614	3,325	55	5,994	11.9
Hamilton	3,895	4,367	73	8,335	5.7
Hancock	2,484	3,368	53	5,905	15.0
Hardin	4,015	4,875	59	8,949	9.6
Harrison	2,906	4,680	94	7,680	23.1
Henry	4,127	5,220	110	9,457	11.6
Howard	2,614	2,028	55	4,697	12.5
Humboldt	2,146	3,162	42	5,350	19.0
Ida	1,415	2,342	17	3,774	24.6
Iowa	3,841	4,544	69	8,454	8.3
Jackson	5,656	4,242	113	10,011	14.1
Jasper	10,430	9,462	170	20,062	4.8
Jefferson	4,490	3,648	143	8,281	10.2
Johnson	41,847	22,715	811	65,373	29.3
Jones	5,054	4,834	90	9,978	2.2
Keokuk	2,294	3,119	67	5,480	15.1
Kossuth	4,132	5,042	84	9,258	9.8
Lee	10,152	7,472	234	17,858	15.0
Linn	60,442	49,442	856	110,740	9.9
Louisa	2,297	2,572	47	4,916	5.6
Lucas	1,987	2,543	41	4,571	12.2
Lyon	1,303	4,751	47	6,101	56.5
Madison	3,380	4,538	86	8,004	14.5
Mahaska	3,790	6,858	80	10,728	28.6
Marion	6,574	9,990	132	16,696	20.5
Marshall	9,443	9,557	164	19,164	0.6
Mills	2,308	4,556	76	6,940	32.4
Mitchell	2,785	2,646	49	5,480	2.5
Monona	2,397	2,575	46	5,018	3.5
Monroe	1,855	2,067	41	3,963	5.3
Montgomery	1,899	3,601	56	5,556	30.6
Muscatine	9,542	9,020	155	18,717	2.8
O'Brien	2,330	5,328	73	7,731	38.8
Osceola	934	2,295	37	3,266	41.7
Page	2,211	5,243	59	7,513	40.4
Palo Alto	2,482	2,674	35	5,191	3.7
Plymouth	4,278	7,810	134	12,222	28.9
Pocahontas	1,822	2,441	50	4,313	14.4
Polk	105,218	95,828	1,572	202,618	4.6
Pottawattamie	16,906	24,558	356	41,820	18.3
Poweshiek	5,043	4,965	83	10,091	0.8
Ringgold	1,286	1,466	26	2,778	6.5
Sac	2,215	3,128	31	5,374	17.0
Scott	42,122	39,958	642	82,722	2.6
Shelby	2,355	4,256	59	6,670	28.5
Sioux	2,259	14,229	82	16,570	72.2
Story	23,296	20,819	537	44,652	5.5
Tama	4,487	4,456	58	9,001	0.3
Taylor	1,252	1,908	30	3,190	20.6
Union	2,747	3,165	66	5,978	7.0
Van Buren	1,568	2,211	57	3,836	16.8
Wapello	9,125	7,403	179	16,707	10.3
Warren	10,730	12,160	163	23,053	6.2
Washington	4,595	5,977	116	10,688	12.9
Wayne	1,379	1,733	21	3,133	11.3
Webster	9,561	8,959	111	18,631	3.2
Winnebago	2,707	3,175	70	5,952	7.9
Winneshiek	5,354	5,324	106	10,784	0.3
Woodbury	21,455	22,451	289	44,195	2.3
Worth	2,286	1,795	42	4,123	11.9
Wright	2,930	3,631	42	6,603	10.6

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 Iowa in 2004?

George W. Bush won Iowa by 0.67 percentage points (10,059 votes).

How many electoral votes did Iowa have in 2004?

Iowa cast 7 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in Iowa in 2004?

1,506,908 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 67, John Kerry 32 (out of 99 counties with results).

How did Iowa change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 1.0 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 0.3 points to Republican by 0.7 points.

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