Virginia presidential election results 2004

George W. Bush carried Virginia by 8.20 points (262,217 votes), winning 13 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 13
Votes counted: 3,198,367
VA result: R+8.2
Compared with the nation: 5.8 pts more Republican
Swing since 2000: 0.2 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	1,716,959	53.70%	13
John Kerry	Democratic	1,454,742	45.50%	—
Total votes		3,198,367

Sources: 2004

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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
Accomack	5,518	7,726	112	13,356	16.5
Albemarle	22,088	21,189	449	43,726	2.1
Alexandria	41,116	19,844	555	61,515	34.6
Alleghany	3,203	3,962	30	7,195	10.5
Amelia	1,862	3,499	36	5,397	30.3
Amherst	4,866	7,758	71	12,695	22.8
Appomattox	2,191	4,366	98	6,655	32.7
Arlington	63,987	29,635	1,028	94,650	36.3
Augusta	7,019	22,100	585	29,704	50.8
Bath	828	1,432	22	2,282	26.5
Bedford	9,102	21,925	377	33,946	40.8
Bedford	1,042	1,472	28	33,946	16.9
Bland	846	1,962	57	2,865	39.0
Botetourt	4,801	10,865	131	15,797	38.4
Bristol	2,400	4,275	49	6,724	27.9
Brunswick	4,062	2,852	12	6,926	17.5
Buchanan	5,275	4,507	47	9,829	7.8
Buckingham	2,789	3,185	53	6,027	6.6
Buena Vista	936	1,417	36	2,389	20.1
Campbell	6,862	15,891	244	22,997	39.3
Caroline	4,878	4,999	77	9,954	1.2
Carroll	3,888	8,173	67	12,128	35.3
Charles City	2,155	1,254	30	3,439	26.2
Charlotte	2,223	3,166	49	5,438	17.3
Charlottesville	11,088	4,172	190	15,450	44.8
Chesapeake	38,744	52,283	514	91,541	14.8
Chesterfield	49,346	83,745	723	133,814	25.7
Clarke	2,699	3,741	65	6,505	16.0
Colonial Heights	2,061	6,129	41	8,231	49.4
Covington	1,179	1,104	18	2,301	3.3
Craig	901	1,706	14	2,621	30.7
Culpeper	5,476	10,026	103	15,605	29.2
Cumberland	1,721	2,377	28	4,126	15.9
Danville	9,436	9,399	277	19,112	0.2
Dickenson	3,761	3,591	54	7,406	2.3
Dinwiddie	4,569	6,193	77	10,839	15.0
Emporia	1,247	970	4	2,221	12.5
Essex	2,007	2,304	33	4,344	6.8
Fairfax	245,671	211,980	3,728	471,925	7.3
Fairfax	5,395	5,045	106	471,925	3.3
Falls Church	3,944	2,074	80	6,098	30.7
Fauquier	10,712	19,011	192	29,915	27.7
Floyd	2,488	4,162	84	6,734	24.9
Fluvanna	4,415	6,458	84	10,957	18.6
Franklin	8,002	14,048	173	25,759	27.2
Franklin	1,910	1,613	13	25,759	8.4
Frederick	8,853	19,386	301	28,540	36.9
Fredericksburg	4,085	3,390	67	7,542	9.2
Galax	987	1,336	12	2,335	14.9
Giles	3,047	4,320	131	7,498	17.0
Gloucester	5,105	11,084	144	16,333	36.6
Goochland	3,583	6,668	87	10,338	29.8
Grayson	2,430	4,655	52	7,137	31.2
Greene	2,240	4,570	129	6,939	33.6
Greensville	2,514	1,732	12	4,258	18.4
Halifax	6,220	8,363	73	14,656	14.6
Hampton	32,016	23,399	326	55,741	15.5
Hanover	13,941	35,404	266	49,611	43.3
Harrisonburg	4,726	6,165	139	11,030	13.0
Henrico	60,864	71,809	745	133,418	8.2
Henry	9,851	13,358	249	23,458	15.0
Highland	522	982	16	1,520	30.3
Hopewell	3,573	4,251	112	7,936	8.5
Isle of Wight	5,871	9,929	71	15,871	25.6
James City	11,934	18,949	207	31,090	22.6
King George	2,739	5,124	58	7,921	30.1
King William	2,436	4,397	39	6,872	28.5
King and Queen	1,506	1,737	43	3,286	7.0
Lancaster	2,477	3,724	29	6,230	20.0
Lee	4,005	5,664	101	9,770	17.0
Lexington	1,340	982	27	2,349	15.2
Loudoun	47,271	60,382	777	108,430	12.1
Louisa	4,844	7,083	108	12,035	18.6
Lunenburg	2,362	2,858	25	5,245	9.5
Lynchburg	11,727	14,400	213	26,340	10.1
Madison	2,176	3,556	40	5,772	23.9
Manassas	5,562	7,257	84	12,903	13.1
Manassas Park	1,498	1,807	27	3,332	9.3
Martinsville	3,036	2,538	29	5,603	8.9
Mathews	1,589	3,497	43	5,129	37.2
Mecklenburg	5,293	7,319	168	12,780	15.9
Middlesex	1,914	3,336	127	5,377	26.4
Montgomery	14,128	17,070	317	31,515	9.3
Nelson	3,543	3,539	57	7,139	0.1
New Kent	2,443	5,414	89	7,946	37.4
Newport News	35,319	32,208	425	67,952	4.6
Norfolk	43,518	26,401	651	70,570	24.3
Northampton	2,775	2,669	55	5,499	1.9
Northumberland	2,548	3,832	29	6,409	20.0
Norton	725	768	11	1,504	2.9
Nottoway	2,635	3,303	92	6,030	11.1
Orange	5,015	7,749	164	12,928	21.1
Page	3,324	6,221	58	9,603	30.2
Patrick	2,572	5,507	136	8,215	35.7
Petersburg	9,682	2,238	29	11,949	62.3
Pittsylvania	9,274	17,673	470	27,417	30.6
Poquoson	1,424	5,004	52	6,480	55.2
Portsmouth	24,112	15,212	210	39,534	22.5
Powhatan	3,112	8,955	96	12,163	48.0
Prince Edward	3,632	3,571	113	7,316	0.8
Prince George	5,066	8,131	57	13,254	23.1
Prince William	61,271	69,776	1,016	132,063	6.4
Pulaski	5,310	8,769	172	14,251	24.3
Radford	2,244	2,564	37	4,845	6.6
Rappahannock	1,837	2,172	41	4,050	8.3
Richmond	1,243	2,082	36	77,686	25.0
Richmond	52,167	21,637	521	77,686	41.1
Roanoke	16,082	30,596	295	82,973	30.9
Roanoke	18,862	16,661	477	82,973	6.1
Rockbridge	3,627	5,412	142	9,181	19.4
Rockingham	7,273	21,737	206	29,216	49.5
Russell	5,167	6,077	179	11,423	8.0
Salem	4,254	7,115	115	11,484	24.9
Scott	3,324	6,479	164	9,967	31.7
Shenandoah	5,186	11,820	140	17,146	38.7
Smyth	4,143	7,906	270	12,319	30.5
Southampton	3,431	4,018	43	7,492	7.8
Spotsylvania	16,623	28,527	295	45,445	26.2
Stafford	17,208	28,500	278	45,986	24.6
Staunton	3,756	5,805	68	9,629	21.3
Suffolk	15,233	16,763	193	32,189	4.8
Surry	1,954	1,543	25	3,522	11.7
Sussex	2,420	1,890	35	4,345	12.2
Tazewell	7,184	10,039	257	17,480	16.3
Virginia Beach	70,666	103,752	1,269	175,687	18.8
Warren	5,241	8,600	227	14,068	23.9
Washington	7,339	14,749	426	22,514	32.9
Waynesboro	2,792	5,092	79	7,963	28.9
Westmoreland	3,370	3,433	45	6,848	0.9
Williamsburg	2,216	2,064	40	4,320	3.5
Winchester	3,967	5,283	93	9,343	14.1
Wise	5,802	8,330	180	14,312	17.7
Wythe	3,581	7,911	62	11,554	37.5
York	10,276	19,396	208	29,880	30.5

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 Virginia in 2004?

George W. Bush won Virginia by 8.20 percentage points (262,217 votes).

How many electoral votes did Virginia have in 2004?

Virginia cast 13 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in Virginia in 2004?

3,198,367 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 102, John Kerry 32 (out of 134 counties with results).

How did Virginia change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 0.2 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 8.0 points to Republican by 8.2 points.

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