Washington presidential election results 2004

John Kerry carried Washington by 7.18 points (205,307 votes), winning 11 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 11
Votes counted: 2,859,084
WA result: D+7.2
Compared with the nation: 9.6 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2000: 1.6 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
John Kerry	Democratic	1,510,201	52.80%	11
George W. Bush	Republican	1,304,894	45.60%	—
Total votes		2,859,084

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	1,315	3,751	61	5,127	47.5
Asotin	3,319	5,320	147	8,786	22.8
Benton	21,549	44,350	987	66,886	34.1
Chelan	10,471	18,482	443	29,396	27.3
Clallam	17,049	18,871	846	36,766	5.0
Clark	79,538	88,646	2,255	170,439	5.3
Columbia	605	1,470	32	2,107	41.1
Cowlitz	21,589	20,217	667	42,473	3.2
Douglas	4,306	8,900	166	13,372	34.4
Ferry	1,201	2,019	121	3,341	24.5
Franklin	5,188	10,757	214	16,159	34.5
Garfield	365	935	20	1,320	43.2
Grant	7,779	17,799	417	25,995	38.5
Grays Harbor	14,583	12,871	499	27,953	6.1
Island	18,216	19,754	589	38,559	4.0
Jefferson	11,610	6,650	356	18,616	26.6
King	580,378	301,043	12,113	893,534	31.3
Kitsap	60,796	55,608	2,049	118,453	4.4
Kittitas	6,731	9,052	301	16,084	14.4
Klickitat	4,036	5,016	185	9,237	10.6
Lewis	10,726	21,042	660	32,428	31.8
Lincoln	1,706	4,015	90	5,811	39.7
Mason	12,894	11,987	513	25,394	3.6
Okanogan	6,309	9,636	397	16,342	20.4
Pacific	5,570	4,634	227	10,431	9.0
Pend Oreille	2,310	3,693	195	6,198	22.3
Pierce	158,231	150,783	4,317	313,331	2.4
San Juan	6,589	3,290	209	10,088	32.7
Skagit	25,131	26,139	960	52,230	1.9
Skamania	2,374	2,695	90	5,159	6.2
Snohomish	156,468	134,317	4,212	294,997	7.5
Spokane	87,490	111,606	3,491	202,587	11.9
Stevens	6,822	13,015	503	20,340	30.4
Thurston	62,650	47,992	2,147	112,789	13.0
Wahkiakum	1,021	1,171	43	2,235	6.7
Walla Walla	8,257	14,323	345	22,925	26.5
Whatcom	48,268	40,296	1,830	90,394	8.8
Whitman	8,287	9,397	328	18,012	6.2
Yakima	28,474	43,352	964	72,790	20.4

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 Washington in 2004?

John Kerry won Washington by 7.18 percentage points (205,307 votes).

How many electoral votes did Washington have in 2004?

Washington cast 11 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in Washington in 2004?

2,859,084 votes were counted for president.

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

George W. Bush 27, John Kerry 12 (out of 39 counties with results).

How did Washington change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 1.6 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Democratic by 5.6 points to Democratic by 7.2 points.

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