2004 United States presidential election in Idaho

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2004 United States presidential election in Idaho

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Turnout| 75.0% (of registered voters)
60.2% (of voting age population)
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Nominee  | George W. Bush | John Kerry |
Party  | Republican | Democratic
Home state  | Texas | Massachusetts
Running mate  | Dick Cheney | John Edwards
Electoral vote  | 4 | 0
Popular vote  | 409,235 | 181,098
Percentage  | 68.38% | 30.26%

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County results

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The 2004 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Idaho was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 38.1 point margin of victory. Prior to the election, all twelve news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. No Democratic presidential nominee won the state since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and even then it was close. In 2004, President George W. Bush easily won the state and every congressional district and county, except the Democratic stronghold of Blaine County. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Latah County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.

With 68.38 percent of the popular vote, Idaho would prove to be Bush's third strongest state in the 2004 election after neighboring Utah and Wyoming.[1]

## Caucuses

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* 2004 Idaho Democratic presidential caucuses

## Campaign

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### Predictions

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There were 12 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day.[2]

Source  | Ranking

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D.C. Political Report  | Solid R
Associated Press | Solid R
CNN | Likely R
Cook Political Report | Solid R
Newsweek | Solid R
New York Times | Solid R
Rasmussen Reports | Likely R
Research 2000 | Solid R
Washington Post | Likely R
Washington Times | Solid R
Zogby International | Likely R
Washington Dispatch  | Likely R

### Polling

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Only one pre-election poll was taken, which gave Bush 59%, Kerry 30%, and Nader 3%.[3]

### Fundraising

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Bush raised $371,495.[4] Kerry raised $359,011.[5]

### Advertising and visits

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Neither campaign visited or campaigned here during the fall election.[6][7]

## Analysis

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With a substantial Mormon population, Idaho is one of the most reliable GOP bastions in the country. Both senators and representatives are Republican. It has not supported a Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Democrats have not held the state legislature since 1958, though Democrats held the governorship from 1971 to 1995.

## Results

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2004 United States presidential election in Idaho[8]

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage  | Electoral votes
| Republican | George W. Bush (incumbent) | 409,235 | 68.38% | 4
| Democratic | John Kerry | 181,098  | 30.26%  | 0
| Libertarian | Michael Badnarik | 3,844  | 0.64%  | 0
| Constitution Party  | Michael Peroutka | 3,038  | 0.51%  | 0
| Write In  | Ralph Nader | 1,115  | 0.19%  | 0
| Write In  | David Cobb | 58  | 0.01%  | 0
| Write In  | John Joseph Kennedy | 9  | <0.01%  | 0
| Write In  | Walt Brown | 3  | <0.01%  | 0
Totals | 598,447 | 100.00% | 4
Voter turnout (Voting age population)  | 60.2%

### Results by county

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County  | George W. Bush
Republican  | John Kerry
Democratic  | Michael J. Badnarik[9]
Libertarian  | Michael Anthony Peroutka[9]
Constitution  | Various Other Candidates[9]
Write In  | Margin  | Total

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Ada | 94,641  | 61.05%  | 58,523  | 37.75%  | 1,041  | 0.67%  | 449  | 0.29%  | 376  | 0.24%  | 36,118  | 23.30%  | 155,030
Adams | 1,468  | 71.16%  | 555  | 26.90%  | 14  | 0.68%  | 24  | 1.16%  | 2  | 0.10%  | 913  | 44.26%  | 2,063
Bannock | 21,479  | 61.64%  | 12,903  | 37.03%  | 244  | 0.70%  | 125  | 0.36%  | 93  | 0.26%  | 8,576  | 24.61%  | 34,844
Bear Lake | 2,506  | 82.43%  | 494  | 16.25%  | 12  | 0.39%  | 22  | 0.72%  | 6  | 0.20%  | 2,012  | 66.18%  | 3,040
Benewah | 2,823  | 69.70%  | 1,148  | 28.35%  | 34  | 0.84%  | 35  | 0.86%  | 10  | 0.25%  | 1,675  | 41.35%  | 4,050
Bingham | 12,734  | 76.87%  | 3,605  | 21.76%  | 105  | 0.63%  | 107  | 0.65%  | 14  | 0.08%  | 9,129  | 55.11%  | 16,565
Blaine | 4,034  | 39.76%  | 5,992  | 59.05%  | 80  | 0.79%  | 23  | 0.23%  | 18  | 0.18%  | -1,958  | -19.29%  | 10,147
Boise | 2,501  | 70.91%  | 970  | 27.50%  | 31  | 0.88%  | 15  | 0.43%  | 10  | 0.28%  | 1,531  | 43.41%  | 3,527
Bonner | 10,697  | 60.49%  | 6,649  | 37.60%  | 139  | 0.79%  | 146  | 0.83%  | 53  | 0.30%  | 4,048  | 22.89%  | 17,684
Bonneville | 30,048  | 77.30%  | 8,356  | 21.50%  | 229  | 0.59%  | 184  | 0.47%  | 54  | 0.14%  | 21,692  | 55.80%  | 38,871
Boundary | 3,012  | 68.78%  | 1,268  | 28.96%  | 51  | 1.16%  | 31  | 0.71%  | 17  | 0.39%  | 1,744  | 39.82%  | 4,379
Butte | 1,077  | 76.60%  | 321  | 22.83%  | 4  | 0.28%  | 4  | 0.28%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 756  | 53.77%  | 1,406
Camas | 450  | 75.63%  | 139  | 23.36%  | 1  | 0.17%  | 5  | 0.84%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 311  | 52.27%  | 595
Canyon | 41,599  | 74.69%  | 13,415  | 24.09%  | 346  | 0.62%  | 269  | 0.48%  | 69  | 0.12%  | 28,184  | 50.60%  | 55,698
Caribou | 2,753  | 83.91%  | 491  | 14.96%  | 21  | 0.64%  | 8  | 0.24%  | 8  | 0.24%  | 2,262  | 68.95%  | 3,281
Cassia | 6,562  | 83.90%  | 1,153  | 14.74%  | 48  | 0.61%  | 54  | 0.69%  | 4  | 0.05%  | 5,409  | 69.16%  | 7,821
Clark | 302  | 85.55%  | 46  | 13.03%  | 2  | 0.57%  | 3  | 0.85%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 256  | 72.52%  | 353
Clearwater | 2,839  | 70.38%  | 1,117  | 27.69%  | 40  | 0.99%  | 35  | 0.87%  | 3  | 0.07%  | 1,722  | 42.69%  | 4,034
Custer | 1,762  | 74.72%  | 559  | 23.71%  | 18  | 0.76%  | 13  | 0.55%  | 6  | 0.25%  | 1,203  | 51.01%  | 2,358
Elmore | 6,011  | 74.57%  | 1,959  | 24.30%  | 45  | 0.56%  | 29  | 0.36%  | 17  | 0.21%  | 4,052  | 50.27%  | 8,061
Franklin | 4,527  | 89.57%  | 456  | 9.02%  | 19  | 0.38%  | 51  | 1.01%  | 1  | 0.02%  | 4,071  | 80.55%  | 5,054
Fremont | 4,965  | 86.06%  | 741  | 12.84%  | 22  | 0.38%  | 34  | 0.59%  | 7  | 0.12%  | 4,224  | 73.22%  | 5,769
Gem | 5,416  | 75.92%  | 1,628  | 22.82%  | 34  | 0.48%  | 37  | 0.52%  | 19  | 0.27%  | 3,788  | 53.10%  | 7,134
Gooding | 3,973  | 74.61%  | 1,278  | 24.00%  | 29  | 0.54%  | 31  | 0.58%  | 14  | 0.26%  | 2,695  | 50.61%  | 5,325
Idaho | 6,017  | 75.50%  | 1,689  | 21.19%  | 49  | 0.61%  | 202  | 2.53%  | 13  | 0.16%  | 4,328  | 54.31%  | 7,970
Jefferson | 7,703  | 86.49%  | 1,084  | 12.17%  | 41  | 0.46%  | 72  | 0.81%  | 6  | 0.07%  | 6,619  | 74.32%  | 8,906
Jerome | 5,177  | 78.68%  | 1,344  | 20.43%  | 31  | 0.47%  | 18  | 0.27%  | 10  | 0.15%  | 3,833  | 58.25%  | 6,580
Kootenai | 36,173  | 66.25%  | 17,584  | 32.20%  | 303  | 0.55%  | 408  | 0.75%  | 135  | 0.25%  | 18,589  | 34.05%  | 54,603
Latah | 8,686  | 49.48%  | 8,430  | 48.03%  | 239  | 1.36%  | 125  | 0.71%  | 73  | 0.41%  | 256  | 1.45%  | 17,553
Lemhi | 3,079  | 75.93%  | 915  | 22.56%  | 37  | 0.91%  | 16  | 0.39%  | 8  | 0.20%  | 2,164  | 53.37%  | 4,055
Lewis | 1,359  | 74.67%  | 440  | 24.18%  | 7  | 0.38%  | 10  | 0.55%  | 4  | 0.22%  | 919  | 50.49%  | 1,820
Lincoln | 1,388  | 73.99%  | 466  | 24.84%  | 9  | 0.48%  | 9  | 0.48%  | 4  | 0.21%  | 922  | 49.15%  | 1,876
Madison | 10,693  | 91.89%  | 826  | 7.10%  | 35  | 0.30%  | 69  | 0.59%  | 14  | 0.12%  | 9,867  | 84.79%  | 11,637
Minidoka | 5,797  | 80.50%  | 1,331  | 18.48%  | 33  | 0.46%  | 35  | 0.49%  | 5  | 0.07%  | 4,466  | 62.02%  | 7,201
Nez Perce | 11,009  | 62.20%  | 6,476  | 36.59%  | 112  | 0.63%  | 82  | 0.46%  | 21  | 0.12%  | 4,533  | 25.61%  | 17,700
Oneida | 1,789  | 83.87%  | 304  | 14.25%  | 9  | 0.42%  | 30  | 1.41%  | 1  | 0.05%  | 1,485  | 69.62%  | 2,133
Owyhee | 2,859  | 79.64%  | 685  | 19.08%  | 27  | 0.75%  | 17  | 0.47%  | 2  | 0.06%  | 2,174  | 60.56%  | 3,590
Payette | 6,256  | 76.47%  | 1,848  | 22.59%  | 39  | 0.48%  | 34  | 0.42%  | 4  | 0.05%  | 4,408  | 53.88%  | 8,181
Power | 2,105  | 71.16%  | 829  | 28.03%  | 13  | 0.44%  | 10  | 0.34%  | 1  | 0.03%  | 1,276  | 43.13%  | 2,958
Shoshone | 2,922  | 54.75%  | 2,331  | 43.68%  | 35  | 0.66%  | 41  | 0.77%  | 8  | 0.15%  | 591  | 11.07%  | 5,337
Teton | 2,235  | 60.57%  | 1,416  | 38.37%  | 24  | 0.65%  | 2  | 0.05%  | 13  | 0.35%  | 819  | 22.20%  | 3,690
Twin Falls | 19,672  | 74.42%  | 6,458  | 24.43%  | 146  | 0.55%  | 119  | 0.45%  | 40  | 0.15%  | 13,214  | 49.99%  | 26,435
Valley | 2,863  | 59.97%  | 1,843  | 38.60%  | 29  | 0.61%  | 18  | 0.38%  | 21  | 0.44%  | 1,020  | 21.37%  | 4,774
Washington | 3,274  | 75.11%  | 1,033  | 23.70%  | 17  | 0.39%  | 33  | 0.76%  | 2  | 0.05%  | 2,241  | 51.41%  | 4,359
Totals | 409,235 | 68.38% | 181,098 | 30.26% | 3,844 | 0.64% | 3,084 | 0.52% | 1,186 | 0.20% | 228,137 | 38.12% | 598,447

### By congressional district

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Bush won both congressional districts.

District  | Bush  | Kerry  | Representative

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1st | 69% | 30%  | Butch Otter
2nd | 69% | 30%  | Mike Simpson

## Electors

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Main article: List of 2004 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Idaho cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Idaho is allocated 4 electors because it has 2 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 4 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 4 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 13, 2004, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.

The following were the members of the Electoral College from Idaho. All were pledged to and voted for George Bush and Dick Cheney.

1. Pete T. Cenarrusa
2. Debbie Field
3. Sandra Patano
4. John Sandy

## See also

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* United States presidential elections in Idaho
* Presidency of George W. Bush

## Notes

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## References

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1. ^ "2004 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
2. ^ "Archived copy". dcpoliticalreport.com. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved January 17, 2022.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. ^ "Election 2004 Polls - Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
4. ^ "George W Bush - $374,659,453 raised, '04 election cycle, Republican Party, President". Campaignmoney.com. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
5. ^ "John F Kerry - $345,826,176 raised, '04 election cycle, Democratic Party, President". Campaignmoney.com. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
6. ^ "Specials". Cnn.com. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
7. ^ "Specials". Cnn.com. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
8. ^ Official General Election Results For United States President November 2, 2004 Archived May 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
9. ^ a b c Our Campaigns; ID US President, November 02, 2004

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