Ohio presidential election results 2004

George W. Bush carried Ohio by 2.11 points (118,601 votes), winning 20 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 20
Votes counted: 5,627,908
OH result: R+2.1
Compared with the nation: 0.3 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2000: 1.5 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	2,859,768	50.80%	20
John Kerry	Democratic	2,741,167	48.70%	—
Total votes		5,627,908

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	4,280	7,653	66	11,999	28.1
Allen	16,483	32,585	206	49,274	32.7
Ashland	8,555	16,171	194	24,920	30.6
Ashtabula	24,061	21,039	309	45,409	6.7
Athens	18,997	10,847	200	30,044	27.1
Auglaize	5,904	17,012	115	23,031	48.2
Belmont	17,574	15,589	157	33,320	6.0
Brown	7,140	12,647	105	19,892	27.7
Butler	56,234	109,866	702	166,802	32.2
Carroll	6,298	7,695	117	14,110	9.9
Champaign	6,967	11,718	90	18,775	25.3
Clark	33,534	34,938	331	68,803	2.0
Clermont	25,885	62,946	211	89,042	41.6
Clinton	5,417	12,938	59	18,414	40.8
Columbiana	23,426	25,754	283	49,463	4.7
Coshocton	6,878	9,277	87	16,242	14.8
Crawford	7,773	13,885	143	21,801	28.0
Cuyahoga	448,486	221,606	3,674	673,766	33.7
Darke	7,849	18,307	161	26,317	39.7
Defiance	6,975	11,393	144	18,512	23.9
Delaware	27,048	53,142	265	80,455	32.4
Erie	21,408	18,601	67	40,076	7.0
Fairfield	24,774	42,697	384	67,855	26.4
Fayette	4,334	7,375	47	11,756	25.9
Franklin	285,800	237,252	2,772	525,824	9.2
Fulton	8,224	13,639	90	21,953	24.7
Gallia	5,364	8,577	51	13,992	23.0
Geauga	19,840	30,358	221	50,419	20.9
Greene	30,530	48,377	365	79,272	22.5
Guernsey	7,768	9,961	111	17,840	12.3
Hamilton	199,499	222,404	1,731	423,634	5.4
Hancock	10,343	25,101	162	35,606	41.4
Hardin	4,889	8,436	60	13,385	26.5
Harrison	3,780	4,274	55	8,109	6.1
Henry	5,110	9,901	92	15,103	31.7
Highland	6,194	12,212	76	18,482	32.6
Hocking	6,173	6,935	88	13,196	5.8
Holmes	2,695	8,466	57	11,218	51.4
Huron	10,585	14,834	173	25,592	16.6
Jackson	5,699	8,585	49	14,333	20.1
Jefferson	19,019	17,184	163	36,366	5.0
Knox	9,828	17,081	157	27,066	26.8
Lake	59,049	62,193	581	121,823	2.6
Lawrence	12,111	15,457	138	27,706	12.1
Licking	30,051	49,014	351	79,416	23.9
Logan	6,825	14,471	102	21,398	35.7
Lorain	78,965	61,196	569	140,730	12.6
Lucas	132,536	87,106	547	220,189	20.6
Madison	6,200	11,120	78	17,398	28.3
Mahoning	83,069	48,712	950	132,731	25.9
Marion	11,930	17,171	157	29,258	17.9
Medina	36,264	48,183	420	84,867	14.0
Meigs	4,437	6,273	61	10,771	17.0
Mercer	5,117	15,649	122	20,888	50.4
Miami	17,611	34,005	164	51,780	31.7
Monroe	4,243	3,424	62	7,729	10.6
Montgomery	142,977	138,361	1,215	282,553	1.6
Morgan	2,873	3,757	70	6,700	13.2
Morrow	5,775	10,475	79	16,329	28.8
Muskingum	16,421	22,251	191	38,863	15.0
Noble	2,654	3,841	45	6,540	18.1
Ottawa	11,114	12,075	68	23,257	4.1
Paulding	3,610	6,205	64	9,879	26.3
Perry	7,257	7,855	76	15,188	3.9
Pickaway	8,578	14,160	112	22,850	24.4
Pike	5,989	6,519	67	12,575	4.2
Portage	40,674	35,583	389	76,646	6.6
Preble	7,274	13,733	119	21,126	30.6
Putnam	4,392	14,370	87	18,849	52.9
Richland	24,645	36,892	330	61,867	19.8
Ross	13,977	17,229	463	31,669	10.3
Sandusky	12,653	16,198	104	28,955	12.2
Scioto	16,823	18,257	117	35,197	4.1
Seneca	10,958	15,885	148	26,991	18.3
Shelby	6,534	16,204	116	22,854	42.3
Stark	95,338	92,211	907	188,456	1.7
Summit	156,578	118,553	1,173	276,304	13.8
Trumbull	66,673	40,976	495	108,144	23.8
Tuscarawas	18,854	23,825	225	42,904	11.6
Union	6,665	15,869	96	22,630	40.7
Van Wert	4,094	10,678	54	14,826	44.4
Vinton	2,651	3,251	28	5,930	10.1
Warren	26,043	68,035	341	94,419	44.5
Washington	12,475	17,480	146	30,101	16.6
Wayne	19,786	31,879	183	51,848	23.3
Williams	6,481	12,040	118	18,639	29.8
Wood	29,401	33,592	353	63,346	6.6
Wyandot	3,707	7,256	81	11,044	32.1

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 Ohio in 2004?

George W. Bush won Ohio by 2.11 percentage points (118,601 votes).

How many electoral votes did Ohio have in 2004?

Ohio cast 20 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in Ohio in 2004?

5,627,908 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 72, John Kerry 16 (out of 88 counties with results).

How did Ohio change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 1.5 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 3.6 points to Republican by 2.1 points.

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