Skip to content

Oregon · 2004 presidential election

Oregon presidential election results 2004

John Kerry carried Oregon by 4.16 points (76,332 votes), winning 7 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
7
Votes counted
1,836,782
OR result
D+4.2
Compared with the nation
6.6 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2000
3.7 pts to D

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
John KerryDemocratic943,16351.30%7
George W. BushRepublican866,83147.20%—
Total votes1,836,782

Sources: 2004

County resultsMIT Election Lab

Download CSV

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)
Open the dataset

County John KerryGeorge W. BushOthers TotalMargin
Baker 2,6166,253165 9,034 40.3
Benton 26,51518,460760 45,735 17.6
Clackamas 95,12997,6912,180 195,000 1.3
Clatsop 10,4618,503345 19,309 10.1
Columbia 12,56311,868486 24,917 2.8
Coos 14,39318,291678 33,362 11.7
Crook 3,0246,830197 10,051 37.9
Curry 5,2207,332247 12,799 16.5
Deschutes 31,17941,7571,112 74,048 14.3
Douglas 18,08935,956939 54,984 32.5
Gilliam 37075513 1,138 33.8
Grant 7803,20477 4,061 59.7
Harney 8392,81548 3,702 53.4
Hood River 5,5874,124148 9,859 14.8
Jackson 44,36656,5191,304 102,189 11.9
Jefferson 3,2434,762110 8,115 18.7
Josephine 15,21426,241820 42,275 26.1
Klamath 8,26422,733518 31,515 45.9
Lake 8023,03964 3,905 57.3
Lane 107,76975,0073,096 185,872 17.6
Lincoln 13,75310,160412 24,325 14.8
Linn 19,94031,260841 52,041 21.8
Malheur 2,5778,123146 10,846 51.1
Marion 57,67169,9002,048 129,619 9.4
Morrow 1,3612,73256 4,149 33.0
Multnomah 259,58598,4394,670 362,694 44.4
Polk 15,48419,508497 35,489 11.3
Sherman 39069420 1,104 27.5
Tillamook 6,7507,003198 13,951 1.8
Umatilla 8,88417,068370 26,322 31.1
Union 4,4288,879212 13,519 32.9
Wallowa 1,2693,132120 4,521 41.2
Wasco 5,6916,119192 12,002 3.6
Washington 121,140107,2232,945 231,308 6.0
Wheeler 24561223 880 41.7
Yamhill 17,57223,839731 42,142 14.9

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).

Questions and answers

Who won Oregon in 2004?

John Kerry won Oregon by 4.16 percentage points (76,332 votes).

How many electoral votes did Oregon have in 2004?

Oregon cast 7 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in Oregon in 2004?

1,836,782 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 28, John Kerry 8 (out of 36 counties with results).

How did Oregon change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 3.7 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Democratic by 0.4 points to Democratic by 4.2 points.

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