Minnesota presidential election results 2004

John Kerry carried Minnesota by 3.48 points (98,319 votes), winning 9 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 9
Votes counted: 2,828,387
MN result: D+3.5
Compared with the nation: 5.9 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2000: 1.1 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
John Kerry	Democratic	1,445,014	51.10%	9
George W. Bush	Republican	1,346,695	47.60%	—
Total votes		2,828,387

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
Aitkin	4,539	4,768	145	9,452	2.4
Anoka	80,226	91,853	1,987	174,066	6.7
Becker	6,756	9,795	250	16,801	18.1
Beltrami	10,592	10,237	302	21,131	1.7
Benton	8,059	10,043	282	18,384	10.8
Big Stone	1,536	1,483	48	3,067	1.7
Blue Earth	16,865	15,737	517	33,119	3.4
Brown	5,158	8,395	225	13,778	23.5
Carlton	11,462	6,642	230	18,334	26.3
Carver	16,456	28,510	445	45,411	26.5
Cass	6,835	8,875	200	15,910	12.8
Chippewa	3,424	3,089	93	6,606	5.1
Chisago	12,219	15,705	336	28,260	12.3
Clay	12,989	14,365	383	27,737	5.0
Clearwater	1,871	2,438	52	4,361	13.0
Cook	1,733	1,489	81	3,303	7.4
Cottonwood	2,726	3,557	86	6,369	13.0
Crow Wing	14,005	19,106	434	33,545	15.2
Dakota	104,635	108,959	2,252	215,846	2.0
Dodge	4,117	5,593	158	9,868	15.0
Douglas	8,219	11,793	297	20,309	17.6
Faribault	3,767	4,794	120	8,681	11.8
Fillmore	5,825	5,694	179	11,698	1.1
Freeborn	9,733	7,681	252	17,666	11.6
Goodhue	12,103	13,134	371	25,608	4.0
Grant	1,856	1,893	70	3,819	1.0
Hennepin	383,842	255,135	8,007	646,984	19.9
Houston	5,276	5,631	175	11,082	3.2
Hubbard	4,741	6,444	155	11,340	15.0
Isanti	7,883	11,190	240	19,313	17.1
Itasca	13,290	10,705	372	24,367	10.6
Jackson	2,652	3,024	103	5,779	6.4
Kanabec	3,592	4,527	129	8,248	11.3
Kandiyohi	9,337	11,704	308	21,349	11.1
Kittson	1,333	1,307	42	2,682	1.0
Koochiching	3,662	3,539	108	7,309	1.7
Lac Qui Parle	2,390	2,093	58	4,541	6.5
Lake	4,212	2,769	90	7,071	20.4
Lake of the Woods	921	1,428	51	2,400	21.1
Le Sueur	6,466	7,746	212	14,424	8.9
Lincoln	1,558	1,736	48	3,342	5.3
Lyon	5,292	7,203	178	12,673	15.1
Mahnomen	1,339	1,132	37	2,508	8.3
Marshall	2,308	3,187	67	5,562	15.8
Martin	4,590	6,311	146	11,047	15.6
McLeod	6,712	11,407	293	18,412	25.5
Meeker	5,292	6,854	188	12,334	12.7
Mille Lacs	5,677	7,194	194	13,065	11.6
Morrison	6,794	9,698	266	16,758	17.3
Mower	12,334	7,591	297	20,222	23.5
Murray	2,218	2,719	61	4,998	10.0
Nicollet	8,797	8,689	255	17,741	0.6
Nobles	3,898	5,159	147	9,204	13.7
Norman	1,954	1,794	62	3,810	4.2
Olmsted	33,285	37,371	920	71,576	5.7
Otter Tail	12,038	19,734	406	32,178	23.9
Pennington	3,117	3,767	133	7,017	9.3
Pine	7,228	7,033	257	14,518	1.3
Pipestone	1,900	3,066	66	5,032	23.2
Polk	6,729	8,724	215	15,668	12.7
Pope	3,301	3,303	96	6,700	0.0
Ramsey	171,846	97,096	3,635	272,577	27.4
Red Lake	963	1,164	49	2,176	9.2
Redwood	3,104	4,898	137	8,139	22.0
Renville	3,787	4,430	132	8,349	7.7
Rice	16,425	13,881	439	30,745	8.3
Rock	2,000	3,111	80	5,191	21.4
Roseau	2,442	5,355	114	7,911	36.8
Saint Louis	77,694	39,866	1,481	119,041	31.8
Scott	23,958	36,055	626	60,639	19.9
Sherburne	15,816	25,182	456	41,454	22.6
Sibley	3,109	4,669	171	7,949	19.6
Stearns	32,659	41,726	1,192	75,577	12.0
Steele	7,994	10,389	312	18,695	12.8
Stevens	2,821	3,030	98	5,949	3.5
Swift	3,165	2,481	89	5,735	11.9
Todd	5,034	6,945	235	12,214	15.6
Traverse	1,026	1,076	39	2,141	2.3
Wabasha	5,548	6,120	167	11,835	4.8
Wadena	2,791	4,214	88	7,093	20.1
Waseca	4,179	5,457	164	9,800	13.0
Washington	61,395	65,751	1,303	128,449	3.4
Watonwan	2,514	2,970	99	5,583	8.2
Wilkin	1,169	2,303	55	3,527	32.2
Winona	14,231	12,686	489	27,406	5.6
Wright	22,618	36,176	740	59,534	22.8
Yellow Medicine	2,799	2,878	81	5,758	1.4

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 Minnesota in 2004?

John Kerry won Minnesota by 3.48 percentage points (98,319 votes).

How many electoral votes did Minnesota have in 2004?

Minnesota cast 9 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in Minnesota in 2004?

2,828,387 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 63, John Kerry 24 (out of 87 counties with results).

How did Minnesota change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 1.1 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Democratic by 2.4 points to Democratic by 3.5 points.

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