Kansas presidential election results 2004

George W. Bush carried Kansas by 25.38 points (301,463 votes), winning 6 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 6
Votes counted: 1,187,756
KS result: R+25.4
Compared with the nation: 23.0 pts more Republican
Swing since 2000: 4.6 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	736,456	62.00%	6
John Kerry	Democratic	434,993	36.60%	—
Total votes		1,187,756

Sources: 2004

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)
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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
Allen	1,922	3,867	84	5,873	33.1
Anderson	1,295	2,500	68	3,863	31.2
Atchison	3,120	3,880	118	7,118	10.7
Barber	588	1,782	33	2,403	49.7
Barton	2,874	8,666	166	11,706	49.5
Bourbon	2,216	4,372	98	6,686	32.2
Brown	1,268	3,092	58	4,418	41.3
Butler	7,495	18,438	347	26,280	41.6
Chase	418	1,055	28	1,501	42.4
Chautauqua	404	1,529	27	1,960	57.4
Cherokee	3,726	6,083	104	9,913	23.8
Cheyenne	320	1,353	19	1,692	61.1
Clark	257	1,014	20	1,291	58.6
Clay	793	3,174	43	4,010	59.4
Cloud	1,210	3,221	72	4,503	44.7
Coffey	1,093	3,259	56	4,408	49.1
Comanche	200	770	11	981	58.1
Cowley	4,818	9,407	222	14,447	31.8
Crawford	7,617	8,626	284	16,527	6.1
Decatur	355	1,355	30	1,740	57.5
Dickinson	2,364	6,295	132	8,791	44.7
Doniphan	1,065	2,491	47	3,603	39.6
Douglas	28,634	20,544	933	50,111	16.1
Edwards	386	1,084	26	1,496	46.7
Elk	369	1,119	27	1,515	49.5
Ellis	4,033	7,891	263	12,187	31.7
Ellsworth	801	2,259	42	3,102	47.0
Finney	2,351	7,479	103	9,933	51.6
Ford	2,286	6,632	98	9,016	48.2
Franklin	3,921	7,391	164	11,476	30.2
Geary	2,531	4,703	94	7,328	29.6
Gove	247	1,196	24	1,467	64.7
Graham	334	1,082	24	1,440	51.9
Grant	561	2,169	28	2,758	58.3
Gray	408	1,816	21	2,245	62.7
Greeley	138	584	13	735	60.7
Greenwood	911	2,282	51	3,244	42.3
Hamilton	229	888	13	1,130	58.3
Harper	727	2,154	49	2,930	48.7
Harvey	5,331	9,534	245	15,110	27.8
Haskell	227	1,356	16	1,599	70.6
Hodgeman	223	953	7	1,183	61.7
Jackson	2,064	3,730	94	5,888	28.3
Jefferson	3,253	5,408	132	8,793	24.5
Jewell	385	1,495	35	1,915	58.0
Johnson	97,866	158,103	2,718	258,687	23.3
Kearny	272	1,177	6	1,455	62.2
Kingman	904	2,801	59	3,764	50.4
Kiowa	256	1,275	34	1,565	65.1
Labette	3,615	5,400	124	9,139	19.5
Lane	181	823	10	1,014	63.3
Leavenworth	11,039	15,949	343	27,331	18.0
Lincoln	391	1,368	41	1,800	54.3
Linn	1,631	3,048	62	4,741	29.9
Logan	248	1,255	20	1,523	66.1
Lyon	5,234	7,951	255	13,440	20.2
Marion	1,536	4,516	107	6,159	48.4
Marshall	1,789	3,261	58	5,108	28.8
McPherson	3,589	9,595	183	13,367	44.9
Meade	356	1,748	17	2,121	65.6
Miami	4,838	9,013	165	14,016	29.8
Mitchell	693	2,609	47	3,349	57.2
Montgomery	4,338	9,598	180	14,116	37.3
Morris	931	1,961	44	2,936	35.1
Morton	276	1,287	13	1,576	64.1
Nemaha	1,355	4,027	81	5,463	48.9
Neosho	2,424	4,705	102	7,231	31.5
Ness	382	1,407	29	1,818	56.4
Norton	473	2,092	34	2,599	62.3
Osage	2,537	4,800	126	7,463	30.3
Osborne	454	1,587	34	2,075	54.6
Ottawa	595	2,333	43	2,971	58.5
Pawnee	773	2,172	43	2,988	46.8
Phillips	557	2,256	34	2,847	59.7
Pottawatomie	2,176	6,326	321	8,823	47.0
Pratt	1,200	3,121	63	4,384	43.8
Rawlins	289	1,414	17	1,720	65.4
Reno	9,114	17,748	462	27,324	31.6
Republic	607	2,238	44	2,889	56.5
Rice	1,130	3,182	64	4,376	46.9
Riley	7,908	12,672	331	20,911	22.8
Rooks	534	2,121	55	2,710	58.6
Rush	517	1,226	46	1,789	39.6
Russell	810	2,671	44	3,525	52.8
Saline	7,524	15,111	406	23,041	32.9
Scott	347	1,924	28	2,299	68.6
Sedgwick	64,839	110,381	2,459	177,679	25.6
Seward	1,122	4,272	45	5,439	57.9
Shawnee	36,264	44,188	1,125	81,577	9.7
Sheridan	239	1,144	23	1,406	64.4
Sherman	632	2,088	42	2,762	52.7
Smith	540	1,803	27	2,370	53.3
Stafford	506	1,649	31	2,186	52.3
Stanton	165	796	5	966	65.3
Stevens	310	1,936	19	2,265	71.8
Sumner	3,217	7,092	179	10,488	36.9
Thomas	816	3,007	47	3,870	56.6
Trego	434	1,225	27	1,686	46.9
Wabaunsee	1,001	2,531	72	3,604	42.5
Wallace	112	742	22	876	71.9
Washington	643	2,498	49	3,190	58.2
Wichita	183	869	10	1,062	64.6
Wilson	1,060	3,263	75	4,398	50.1
Woodson	530	1,204	29	1,763	38.2
Wyandotte	34,923	17,919	559	53,401	31.8

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 Kansas in 2004?

George W. Bush won Kansas by 25.38 percentage points (301,463 votes).

How many electoral votes did Kansas have in 2004?

Kansas cast 6 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in Kansas in 2004?

1,187,756 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 103, John Kerry 2 (out of 105 counties with results).

How did Kansas change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 4.6 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 20.8 points to Republican by 25.4 points.

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