Kentucky presidential election results 2004

George W. Bush carried Kentucky by 19.86 points (356,706 votes), winning 8 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 8
Votes counted: 1,795,882
KY result: R+19.9
Compared with the nation: 17.5 pts more Republican
Swing since 2000: 4.7 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	1,069,439	59.50%	8
John Kerry	Democratic	712,733	39.70%	—
Total votes		1,795,882

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
Adair	1,764	5,628	55	7,447	51.9
Allen	1,923	5,202	38	7,163	45.8
Anderson	3,141	6,363	87	9,591	33.6
Ballard	1,759	2,389	29	4,177	15.1
Barren	5,216	10,822	102	16,140	34.7
Bath	2,608	2,269	42	4,919	6.9
Bell	4,210	6,722	70	11,002	22.8
Boone	12,391	32,329	362	45,082	44.2
Bourbon	3,198	4,953	66	8,217	21.4
Boyd	10,132	11,501	144	21,777	6.3
Boyle	4,646	7,764	80	12,490	25.0
Bracken	1,213	2,363	34	3,610	31.9
Breathitt	3,327	2,542	75	5,944	13.2
Breckinridge	2,884	5,580	56	8,520	31.6
Bullitt	9,043	19,433	151	28,627	36.3
Butler	1,436	4,109	33	5,578	47.9
Caldwell	2,245	4,066	38	6,349	28.7
Calloway	5,728	9,293	124	15,145	23.5
Campbell	14,253	25,540	382	40,175	28.1
Carlisle	1,102	1,734	9	2,845	22.2
Carroll	1,688	2,175	34	3,897	12.5
Carter	5,577	5,422	118	11,117	1.4
Casey	1,174	5,109	38	6,321	62.3
Christian	6,970	13,935	110	21,015	33.1
Clark	5,661	9,540	116	15,317	25.3
Clay	1,901	5,726	60	7,687	49.8
Clinton	952	3,369	31	4,352	55.5
Crittenden	1,438	2,726	26	4,190	30.7
Cumberland	848	2,356	35	3,239	46.6
Daviess	15,788	25,372	323	41,483	23.1
Edmonson	1,856	3,595	30	5,481	31.7
Elliott	2,064	871	22	2,957	40.3
Estill	1,907	3,633	35	5,575	31.0
Fayette	57,994	66,406	1,176	125,576	6.7
Fleming	2,406	3,749	48	6,203	21.7
Floyd	11,132	6,612	141	17,885	25.3
Franklin	11,620	12,281	232	24,133	2.7
Fulton	1,340	1,527	23	2,890	6.5
Gallatin	1,188	1,869	16	3,073	22.2
Garrard	1,841	4,784	33	6,658	44.2
Grant	2,818	5,951	55	8,824	35.5
Graves	6,206	9,903	120	16,229	22.8
Grayson	2,905	7,170	68	10,143	42.0
Green	1,312	3,866	28	5,206	49.1
Greenup	7,630	8,696	109	16,435	6.5
Hancock	1,709	2,286	34	4,029	14.3
Hardin	11,507	24,627	307	36,441	36.0
Harlan	4,332	6,659	79	11,070	21.0
Harrison	2,807	4,855	69	7,731	26.5
Hart	2,470	4,269	45	6,784	26.5
Henderson	8,101	10,467	133	18,701	12.7
Henry	2,366	4,094	39	6,499	26.6
Hickman	926	1,395	21	2,342	20.0
Hopkins	6,420	12,314	109	18,843	31.3
Jackson	769	4,369	40	5,178	69.5
Jefferson	170,158	164,566	2,626	337,350	1.7
Jessamine	5,476	12,972	132	18,580	40.3
Johnson	3,288	5,940	76	9,304	28.5
Kenton	22,834	43,664	625	67,123	31.0
Knott	4,685	2,648	61	7,394	27.5
Knox	3,822	8,108	98	12,028	35.6
Larue	1,823	4,111	34	5,968	38.3
Laurel	5,297	16,819	148	22,264	51.8
Lawrence	2,705	3,755	53	6,513	16.1
Lee	878	2,018	24	2,920	39.0
Leslie	1,266	3,661	37	4,964	48.2
Letcher	4,192	4,801	72	9,065	6.7
Lewis	1,667	3,778	39	5,484	38.5
Lincoln	2,796	5,996	71	8,863	36.1
Livingston	2,007	2,675	24	4,706	14.2
Logan	3,768	6,815	61	10,644	28.6
Lyon	1,769	2,132	24	3,925	9.2
Madison	11,525	18,922	260	30,707	24.1
Magoffin	2,843	2,836	39	5,718	0.1
Marion	3,399	3,905	50	7,354	6.9
Marshall	6,383	9,049	89	15,521	17.2
Martin	1,504	2,996	39	4,539	32.9
Mason	2,644	4,381	54	7,079	24.5
McCracken	11,361	18,218	218	29,797	23.0
McCreary	1,530	4,121	42	5,693	45.5
McLean	1,823	2,584	28	4,435	17.2
Meade	3,724	7,152	75	10,951	31.3
Menifee	1,284	1,215	29	2,528	2.7
Mercer	3,224	6,745	59	10,028	35.1
Metcalfe	1,472	2,645	40	4,157	28.2
Monroe	1,158	4,657	28	5,843	59.9
Montgomery	4,506	5,647	77	10,230	11.2
Morgan	2,532	2,682	58	5,272	2.8
Muhlenberg	6,636	6,749	94	13,479	0.8
Nelson	6,524	10,161	159	16,844	21.6
Nicholas	1,332	1,700	27	3,059	12.0
Ohio	3,627	6,311	90	10,028	26.8
Oldham	8,080	18,801	251	27,132	39.5
Owen	1,615	3,084	42	4,741	31.0
Owsley	430	1,558	11	1,999	56.4
Pendleton	1,940	4,045	40	6,025	34.9
Perry	5,400	6,187	68	11,655	6.8
Pike	14,002	12,611	157	26,770	5.2
Powell	2,249	2,687	24	4,960	8.8
Pulaski	5,829	19,535	152	25,516	53.7
Robertson	413	670	7	1,090	23.6
Rockcastle	1,320	4,804	42	6,166	56.5
Rowan	4,556	4,063	87	8,706	5.7
Russell	1,772	6,009	40	7,821	54.2
Scott	6,325	10,600	125	17,050	25.1
Shelby	5,277	10,909	127	16,313	34.5
Simpson	2,730	4,273	40	7,043	21.9
Spencer	1,970	4,816	36	6,822	41.7
Taylor	2,979	7,247	69	10,295	41.5
Todd	1,491	3,242	21	4,754	36.8
Trigg	2,046	4,023	42	6,111	32.4
Trimble	1,428	2,332	30	3,790	23.9
Union	2,398	3,534	45	5,977	19.0
Warren	14,326	25,100	285	39,711	27.1
Washington	1,724	3,479	33	5,236	33.5
Wayne	2,616	5,027	42	7,685	31.4
Webster	2,304	3,207	36	5,547	16.3
Whitley	3,985	9,559	85	13,629	40.9
Wolfe	1,744	1,385	26	3,155	11.4
Woodford	4,480	6,937	85	11,502	21.4

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 Kentucky in 2004?

George W. Bush won Kentucky by 19.86 percentage points (356,706 votes).

How many electoral votes did Kentucky have in 2004?

Kentucky cast 8 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in Kentucky in 2004?

1,795,882 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 108, John Kerry 12 (out of 120 counties with results).

How did Kentucky change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 4.7 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 15.1 points to Republican by 19.9 points.

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