Tennessee presidential election results 2004

George W. Bush carried Tennessee by 14.27 points (347,898 votes), winning 11 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 11
Votes counted: 2,437,319
TN result: R+14.3
Compared with the nation: 11.9 pts more Republican
Swing since 2000: 10.4 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	1,384,375	56.80%	11
John Kerry	Democratic	1,036,477	42.50%	—
Total votes		2,437,319

Sources: 2004

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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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
Anderson	12,896	18,510	276	31,682	17.7
Bedford	5,261	8,348	87	13,696	22.5
Benton	3,869	3,161	60	7,090	10.0
Bledsoe	1,927	2,849	24	4,800	19.2
Blount	15,042	33,240	428	48,710	37.4
Bradley	9,426	25,942	255	35,623	46.4
Campbell	6,163	7,859	96	14,118	12.0
Cannon	2,510	2,923	34	5,467	7.6
Carroll	5,070	6,603	82	11,755	13.0
Carter	6,390	15,763	149	22,302	42.0
Cheatham	5,918	9,676	103	15,697	23.9
Chester	2,182	4,086	29	6,297	30.2
Claiborne	4,033	6,447	58	10,538	22.9
Clay	1,673	1,647	32	3,352	0.8
Cocke	3,932	8,290	79	12,301	35.4
Coffee	8,238	11,785	131	20,154	17.6
Crockett	2,455	3,239	21	5,715	13.7
Cumberland	8,326	15,142	166	23,634	28.8
Davidson	132,362	107,618	1,695	241,675	10.2
DeKalb	3,445	3,685	43	7,173	3.3
Decatur	2,268	2,566	45	4,879	6.1
Dickson	8,592	10,557	134	19,283	10.2
Dyer	5,287	8,447	75	13,809	22.9
Fayette	5,692	8,960	79	14,731	22.2
Fentress	2,371	4,293	36	6,700	28.7
Franklin	7,797	9,126	147	17,070	7.8
Gibson	8,509	10,596	114	19,219	10.9
Giles	5,273	6,162	101	11,536	7.7
Grainger	2,569	4,905	51	7,525	31.0
Greene	7,625	16,374	173	24,172	36.2
Grundy	2,787	2,102	34	4,923	13.9
Hamblen	7,426	14,733	143	22,302	32.8
Hamilton	57,268	78,513	1,082	136,863	15.5
Hancock	776	1,756	18	2,550	38.4
Hardeman	5,683	4,702	77	10,462	9.4
Hardin	3,834	6,087	33	9,954	22.6
Hawkins	6,683	13,445	102	20,230	33.4
Haywood	4,359	3,140	49	7,548	16.1
Henderson	3,448	6,585	63	10,096	31.1
Henry	5,728	6,337	105	12,170	5.0
Hickman	4,261	4,359	51	8,671	1.1
Houston	2,126	1,438	29	3,593	19.1
Humphreys	4,485	3,261	47	7,793	15.7
Jackson	2,996	2,024	32	5,052	19.2
Jefferson	5,469	11,617	121	17,207	35.7
Johnson	1,810	4,632	34	6,476	43.6
Knox	65,921	110,653	1,601	178,175	25.1
Lake	1,039	1,317	14	2,370	11.7
Lauderdale	4,473	4,164	44	8,681	3.6
Lawrence	6,592	9,952	107	16,651	20.2
Lewis	2,191	2,819	43	5,053	12.4
Lincoln	4,546	7,827	82	12,455	26.3
Loudon	5,706	14,041	115	19,862	42.0
Macon	2,739	4,670	25	7,434	26.0
Madison	16,837	21,672	156	38,665	12.5
Marion	5,548	5,862	82	11,492	2.7
Marshall	4,722	5,825	68	10,615	10.4
Maury	12,372	17,495	159	30,026	17.1
McMinn	5,889	11,978	132	17,999	33.8
McNairy	4,101	5,787	36	9,924	17.0
Meigs	1,595	2,499	37	4,131	21.9
Monroe	5,349	10,113	91	15,553	30.6
Montgomery	20,061	28,615	299	48,975	17.5
Moore	1,084	1,667	22	2,773	21.0
Morgan	2,924	4,401	35	7,360	20.1
Obion	5,549	7,859	127	13,535	17.1
Overton	4,518	3,941	51	8,510	6.8
Perry	1,579	1,520	49	3,148	1.9
Pickett	1,033	1,600	12	2,645	21.4
Polk	2,724	3,923	52	6,699	17.9
Putnam	10,549	15,619	239	26,407	19.2
Rhea	3,663	7,288	86	11,037	32.8
Roane	8,676	14,423	165	23,264	24.7
Robertson	9,863	15,329	127	25,319	21.6
Rutherford	31,639	52,189	562	84,390	24.4
Scott	3,085	4,508	33	7,626	18.7
Sequatchie	1,986	2,950	46	4,982	19.3
Sevier	8,613	22,127	204	30,944	43.7
Shelby	215,810	157,591	2,183	375,584	15.5
Smith	4,038	3,738	45	7,821	3.8
Stewart	2,860	2,675	48	5,583	3.3
Sullivan	19,626	42,526	446	62,598	36.6
Sumner	21,439	40,141	329	61,909	30.2
Tipton	7,379	14,178	120	21,677	31.4
Trousdale	1,850	1,314	26	3,190	16.8
Unicoi	2,372	5,026	59	7,457	35.6
Union	2,524	4,145	41	6,710	24.2
Van Buren	1,209	1,119	18	2,346	3.8
Warren	6,803	7,502	89	14,394	4.9
Washington	14,937	29,720	327	44,984	32.9
Wayne	1,951	3,998	34	5,983	34.2
Weakley	5,584	7,816	91	13,491	16.5
White	4,147	5,268	79	9,494	11.8
Williamson	21,719	57,409	449	79,577	44.8
Wilson	15,256	28,896	251	44,403	30.7

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 Tennessee in 2004?

George W. Bush won Tennessee by 14.27 percentage points (347,898 votes).

How many electoral votes did Tennessee have in 2004?

Tennessee cast 11 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in Tennessee in 2004?

2,437,319 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 78, John Kerry 17 (out of 95 counties with results).

How did Tennessee change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 10.4 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 3.9 points to Republican by 14.3 points.

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