North Dakota · 2004 presidential election

North Dakota presidential election results 2004

George W. Bush carried North Dakota by 27.36 points (85,599 votes), winning 3 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 3
Votes counted: 312,833
ND result: R+27.4
Compared with the nation: 25.0 pts more Republican
Swing since 2000: 0.2 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	196,651	62.90%	3
John Kerry	Democratic	111,052	35.50%	—
Total votes		312,833

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
Adams	353	915	23	1,291	43.5
Barnes	2,186	3,541	86	5,813	23.3
Benson	1,196	1,002	48	2,246	8.6
Billings	99	449	16	564	62.1
Bottineau	1,168	2,468	38	3,674	35.4
Bowman	397	1,280	39	1,716	51.5
Burke	336	808	21	1,165	40.5
Burleigh	11,621	26,577	616	38,814	38.5
Cass	26,010	39,619	1,082	66,711	20.4
Cavalier	887	1,522	35	2,444	26.0
Dickey	883	1,890	48	2,821	35.7
Divide	487	751	30	1,268	20.8
Dunn	571	1,178	25	1,774	34.2
Eddy	534	655	24	1,213	10.0
Emmons	611	1,449	53	2,113	39.7
Foster	518	1,219	29	1,766	39.7
Golden Valley	195	719	13	927	56.5
Grand Forks	12,646	17,298	526	30,470	15.3
Grant	264	952	26	1,242	55.4
Griggs	505	907	27	1,439	27.9
Hettinger	405	1,044	45	1,494	42.8
Kidder	433	902	34	1,369	34.3
LaMoure	712	1,592	31	2,335	37.7
Logan	265	844	21	1,130	51.2
McHenry	1,030	1,744	46	2,820	25.3
McIntosh	436	1,254	32	1,722	47.5
McKenzie	847	1,897	18	2,762	38.0
McLean	1,664	3,014	72	4,750	28.4
Mercer	1,245	3,285	87	4,617	44.2
Morton	4,073	8,325	235	12,633	33.7
Mountrail	1,465	1,527	38	3,030	2.0
Nelson	778	1,107	37	1,922	17.1
Oliver	310	790	19	1,119	42.9
Pembina	1,321	2,466	69	3,856	29.7
Pierce	686	1,475	34	2,195	35.9
Ramsey	1,885	2,943	72	4,900	21.6
Ransom	1,199	1,352	51	2,602	5.9
Renville	497	953	19	1,469	31.0
Richland	2,821	5,264	130	8,215	29.7
Rolette	2,564	1,392	88	4,044	29.0
Sargent	1,021	1,147	32	2,200	5.7
Sheridan	200	727	17	944	55.8
Sioux	804	319	17	1,140	42.5
Slope	89	335	8	432	56.9
Stark	3,013	7,220	167	10,400	40.5
Steele	616	586	11	1,213	2.5
Stutsman	3,438	6,517	167	10,122	30.4
Towner	606	754	31	1,391	10.6
Traill	1,651	2,543	54	4,248	21.0
Walsh	1,905	3,194	87	5,186	24.9
Ward	8,236	17,008	368	25,612	34.2
Wells	858	1,654	49	2,561	31.1
Williams	2,512	6,278	139	8,929	42.2

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 North Dakota in 2004?

George W. Bush won North Dakota by 27.36 percentage points (85,599 votes).

How many electoral votes did North Dakota have in 2004?

North Dakota cast 3 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in North Dakota in 2004?

312,833 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in North Dakota in 2004?

George W. Bush 49, John Kerry 4 (out of 53 counties with results).

How did North Dakota change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 0.2 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 27.6 points to Republican by 27.4 points.

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