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Pennsylvania presidential election results 2004

John Kerry carried Pennsylvania by 2.50 points (144,248 votes), winning 21 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 21
Votes counted: 5,769,590
PA result: D+2.5
Compared with the nation: 4.9 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2000: 1.7 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
John Kerry	Democratic	2,938,095	50.90%	21
George W. Bush	Republican	2,793,847	48.40%	—
Total votes		5,769,590

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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County	John Kerry	George W. Bush	Others	Total	Margin
Adams	13,764	28,247	217	42,228	34.3
Allegheny	368,912	271,925	4,632	645,469	15.0
Armstrong	12,025	18,925	147	31,097	22.2
Beaver	42,146	39,916	481	82,543	2.7
Bedford	6,016	16,606	57	22,679	46.7
Berks	76,309	87,122	1,056	164,487	6.6
Blair	18,105	35,751	322	54,178	32.6
Bradford	8,590	16,942	120	25,652	32.6
Bucks	163,438	154,469	1,909	319,816	2.8
Butler	30,090	54,959	376	85,425	29.1
Cambria	32,591	34,048	344	66,983	2.2
Cameron	794	1,599	13	2,406	33.5
Carbon	12,223	12,519	301	25,043	1.2
Centre	30,733	33,133	387	64,253	3.7
Chester	109,708	120,036	1,079	230,823	4.5
Clarion	6,049	11,063	72	17,184	29.2
Clearfield	13,518	20,533	182	34,233	20.5
Clinton	5,823	8,035	109	13,967	15.8
Columbia	10,679	16,052	138	26,869	20.0
Crawford	16,013	21,965	344	38,322	15.5
Cumberland	37,928	67,648	506	106,082	28.0
Dauphin	55,299	65,296	613	121,208	8.2
Delaware	162,601	120,425	1,512	284,538	14.8
Elk	6,602	7,872	76	14,550	8.7
Erie	67,921	57,372	605	125,898	8.4
Fayette	29,120	25,045	542	54,707	7.4
Forest	989	1,571	13	2,573	22.6
Franklin	16,562	41,817	190	58,569	43.1
Fulton	1,475	4,772	24	6,271	52.6
Greene	7,674	7,786	105	15,565	0.7
Huntingdon	5,879	12,126	53	18,058	34.6
Indiana	15,831	20,254	163	36,248	12.2
Jefferson	6,073	13,371	116	19,560	37.3
Juniata	2,797	7,144	65	10,006	43.4
Lackawanna	59,573	44,766	1,480	105,819	14.0
Lancaster	74,328	145,591	1,359	221,278	32.2
Lawrence	21,387	21,938	117	43,442	1.3
Lebanon	18,109	37,089	467	55,665	34.1
Lehigh	73,940	70,160	991	145,091	2.6
Luzerne	69,573	64,953	1,502	136,028	3.4
Lycoming	15,681	33,961	407	50,049	36.5
McKean	6,294	10,941	191	17,426	26.7
Mercer	24,831	26,311	422	51,564	2.9
Mifflin	4,889	11,726	187	16,802	40.7
Monroe	27,967	27,971	404	56,342	0.0
Montgomery	222,048	175,741	1,802	399,591	11.6
Montour	2,666	4,903	55	7,624	29.3
Northampton	63,446	62,102	1,192	126,740	1.1
Northumberland	14,602	22,262	270	37,134	20.6
Perry	5,423	13,919	85	19,427	43.7
Philadelphia	542,205	130,099	1,765	674,069	61.1
Pike	8,656	12,444	199	21,299	17.8
Potter	2,268	5,640	54	7,962	42.4
Schuylkill	29,231	35,640	398	65,269	9.8
Snyder	4,348	10,566	69	14,983	41.5
Somerset	12,842	23,802	134	36,778	29.8
Sullivan	1,213	2,056	16	3,285	25.7
Susquehanna	7,351	11,573	116	19,040	22.2
Tioga	5,437	12,019	115	17,571	37.5
Union	5,700	10,334	89	16,123	28.7
Venango	9,024	14,472	163	23,659	23.0
Warren	8,044	10,999	230	19,273	15.3
Washington	48,225	47,673	279	96,177	0.6
Wayne	8,060	13,713	194	21,967	25.7
Westmoreland	77,774	100,087	835	178,696	12.5
Wyoming	4,982	7,782	68	12,832	21.8
York	63,701	114,270	1,298	179,269	28.2

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 Pennsylvania in 2004?

John Kerry won Pennsylvania by 2.50 percentage points (144,248 votes).

How many electoral votes did Pennsylvania have in 2004?

Pennsylvania cast 21 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in Pennsylvania in 2004?

5,769,590 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 54, John Kerry 13 (out of 67 counties with results).

How did Pennsylvania change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 1.7 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 4.2 points to Democratic by 2.5 points.

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