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2004 United States presidential election in Alabama

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Field	Value
election_name	2004 United States presidential election in Alabama
country	Alabama
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2000 United States presidential election in Alabama
previous_year	2000
next_election	2008 United States presidential election in Alabama
next_year	2008
turnout	72.50%
election_date	November 2, 2004
image_size	x200px
image1	File:George-W-Bush (cropped).jpeg
nominee1	George W. Bush
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	Texas
running_mate1	Dick Cheney
electoral_vote1	9
popular_vote1	1,176,394
percentage1	62.46%
image2	John F. Kerry (wide crop).jpg
nominee2	John Kerry
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	Massachusetts
running_mate2	John Edwards
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	693,933
percentage2	36.84%
map_image	{{switcher	[[File:Alabama Presidential Election Results 2004.svg	300px]]	County results	[[File:2004 United States presidential election in Alabama by congressional district.svg	300px]]
Congressional district results	default	1}}
title	President
before_election	George W. Bush
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	George W. Bush
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Main article: 2004 United States presidential election

|Congressional district results |default=1}} Bush Kerry

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

Alabama was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 25.62% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this was a state Bush would win, or otherwise a red state. On election day, it trended Republican sharply, by a swing margin of 10.70% from the 2000 election, the strongest such swing in the nation. Bush won with over 60% of the vote, a first since 1984, and carried most of the counties and congressional districts. Historically, Alabama is a very reliable Republican state that a Democratic presidential nominee has not won since 1976, when Southern governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter ran and swept the Deep South.

Primaries

2004 Alabama Democratic presidential primary

Campaign

Predictions

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

Source	Ranking
D.C. Political Report
Associated Press
CNN
Cook Political Report
Newsweek
New York Times
Rasmussen Reports
Research 2000
Washington Post
Washington Times
Zogby International
Washington Dispatch

Polling

Main article: Statewide opinion polling for the 2004 United States presidential election#Alabama

Bush won every single pre-election poll, and won each by a double-digit margin of victory. The final three polls averaged Bush leading 58% to 38%.

Fundraising

Bush raised $3,092,923. Kerry raised $514,589.

Advertising and visits

Neither campaign advertised or visited this state during the fall campaign.

Analysis

Bush easily won every poll taken in the state prior to the election. Kerry won a small section of counties in the middle of the state, including winning Alabama's 7th congressional district. In 2000, the state voted for Bush 56%–41% by fifteen points; this year it voted for him by 25 points.

With the exception of Oklahoma in 2004, the state was also Bush's best performance in the South, with not even Texas, Bush's home state, voting as red as Alabama.

CNN exit polls showed that almost 70% of male voters voted for Bush as did 99% of registered Republicans (which made up 48% of the population). 43% of the state describe themselves as evangelical Christians, and 88% of them voted for Bush. 62% of the state approved of Bush, and 60% approved of the decision to go to war in Iraq. 82% of white men and 79% of white women voted for Bush. Finally, 70% of voters over the age of 60 voted for Bush. Alabama was racially divided: Alabama Whites voted 80%–19% for Bush while Blacks voted 91%-9% for Kerry.

, Bush is the last Republican to carry Jefferson County (home of Birmingham, the state's largest city) in a presidential election. Majority-black Marengo County wouldn't vote Republican again until 2024.

Results

2004 United States presidential election in Alabama	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Republican	George W. Bush (incumbent)	1,176,394	62.46%	9
Democratic	John Kerry	693,933	36.84%	0
Independent	Ralph Nader	6,701	0.36%	0
Independent	Michael Badnarik	3,529	0.19%	0
Independent	Michael Peroutka	1,994	0.11%	0
Write Ins	898	0.05%	0
Totals		1,883,449		100.00%	9
Voter turnout (voting-age population)		55.5%

By county

County	George W. Bush
Republican	John Kerry
Democratic	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	1,176,394	62.46%	693,933	36.84%	13,122	0.70%	482,461	25.62%	1,883,449
	Autauga		15,196		75.67%		4,758		23.69%		127		0.63%		10,438		51.98%		20,081
	Baldwin		52,971		76.42%		15,599		22.50%		750		1.09%		37,372		53.92%		69,320
	Barbour		5,899		54.74%		4,832		44.84%		46		0.43%		1,067		9.90%		10,777
	Bibb		5,472		72.00%		2,089		27.49%		39		0.51%		3,383		44.51%		7,600
	Blount		17,386		80.85%		3,938		18.31%		180		0.84%		13,448		62.54%		21,504
	Bullock		1,494		31.67%		3,210		68.05%		13		0.28%		-1,716		-36.38%		4,717
	Butler		4,979		59.16%		3,413		40.55%		24		0.29%		1,566		18.61%		8,416
	Calhoun		29,814		65.89%		15,083		33.33%		352		0.78%		14,731		32.56%		45,249
	Chambers		7,622		58.49%		5,347		41.03%		63		0.48%		2,275		17.46%		13,032
	Cherokee		5,923		65.45%		3,040		33.59%		86		0.96%		2,883		31.86%		9,049
	Chilton		12,829		76.85%		3,778		22.63%		86		0.52%		9,051		54.22%		16,693
	Choctaw		3,897		53.92%		3,303		45.70%		27		0.37%		594		8.22%		7,227
	Clarke		6,730		59.07%		4,627		40.61%		37		0.32%		2,103		18.46%		11,394
	Clay		4,624		70.32%		1,893		28.79%		59		0.90%		2,731		41.53%		6,576
	Cleburne		4,370		75.37%		1,391		23.99%		37		0.63%		2,979		51.38%		5,798
	Coffee		13,019		73.90%		4,480		25.43%		117		0.66%		8,539		48.47%		17,616
	Colbert		13,188		55.10%		10,598		44.28%		149		0.62%		2,590		10.82%		23,935
	Conecuh		3,271		54.33%		2,719		45.16%		31		0.51%		552		9.17%		6,021
	Coosa		2,905		58.09%		2,055		41.09%		41		0.82%		850		17.00%		5,001
	Covington		11,119		76.02%		3,423		23.40%		85		0.58%		7,696		52.62%		14,627
	Crenshaw		3,777		68.67%		1,698		30.87%		25		0.46%		2,079		37.80%		5,500
	Cullman		26,818		76.21%		8,045		22.86%		328		0.93%		18,773		53.35%		35,191
	Dale		13,621		74.71%		4,484		24.60%		126		0.69%		9,137		50.11%		18,231
	Dallas		7,335		39.49%		11,175		60.17%		63		0.34%		-3,840		-20.68%		18,573
	DeKalb		16,904		69.94%		7,092		29.34%		173		0.72%		9,812		40.60%		24,169
	Elmore		22,056		76.90%		6,471		22.56%		153		0.53%		15,585		54.34%		28,680
	Escambia		8,513		68.68%		3,814		30.77%		68		0.55%		4,699		37.91%		12,395
	Etowah		26,999		63.26%		15,328		35.91%		353		0.83%		11,671		27.35%		42,680
	Fayette		5,534		69.16%		2,408		30.09%		60		0.74%		3,126		39.07%		8,002
	Franklin		7,690		62.68%		4,514		36.79%		65		0.53%		3,176		25.89%		12,269
	Geneva		8,342		79.30%		2,113		20.09%		65		0.62%		6,229		59.21%		10,520
	Greene		958		20.18%		3,764		79.28%		26		0.54%		-2,806		-59.10%		4,748
	Hale		3,281		41.30%		4,631		58.29%		33		0.42%		-1,350		-16.99%		7,945
	Henry		4,881		66.31%		2,452		33.31%		28		0.38%		2,429		33.00%		7,361
	Houston		26,874		74.24%		9,144		25.26%		183		0.50%		17,730		48.98%		36,201
	Jackson		11,534		56.76%		8,635		42.49%		152		0.75%		2,899		14.27%		20,321
	Jefferson		158,680		54.16%		132,286		45.15%		2,001		0.68%		26,394		9.01%		292,967
	Lamar		4,894		71.08%		1,956		28.41%		35		0.51%		2,938		42.67%		6,885
	Lauderdale		22,161		59.72%		14,628		39.42%		318		0.86%		7,533		20.30%		37,107
	Lawrence		7,730		55.21%		6,155		43.96%		116		0.82%		1,575		11.25%		14,001
	Lee		27,972		62.70%		16,227		36.38%		411		0.92%		11,745		26.32%		44,610
	Limestone		19,702		67.77%		9,126		31.39%		245		0.84%		10,576		36.38%		29,073
	Lowndes		1,786		29.66%		4,233		70.30%		2		0.03%		-2,447		-40.64%		6,021
	Macon		1,570		16.69%		7,800		82.92%		37		0.39%		-6,230		-66.23%		9,407
	Madison		77,173		58.88%		52,644		40.17%		1,245		0.95%		24,529		18.71%		131,062
	Marengo		5,255		50.91%		5,037		48.80%		30		0.29%		218		2.11%		10,322
	Marion		8,983		69.77%		3,808		29.58%		84		0.65%		5,175		40.19%		12,875
	Marshall		22,783		72.35%		8,452		26.84%		256		0.81%		14,331		45.51%		31,491
	Mobile		92,014		58.69%		63,732		40.65%		1,025		0.65%		28,282		18.04%		156,771
	Monroe		5,831		61.16%		3,666		38.45%		37		0.39%		2,165		22.71%		9,534
	Montgomery		44,097		49.19%		45,160		50.37%		393		0.44%		-1,063		-1.18%		89,650
	Morgan		32,477		69.09%		14,131		30.06%		399		0.85%		18,346		39.03%		47,007
	Perry		1,738		31.47%		3,767		68.21%		18		0.33%		-2,029		-36.74%		5,523
	Pickens		5,170		56.61%		3,915		42.87%		47		0.51%		1,255		13.74%		9,132
	Pike		7,483		62.97%		4,334		36.47%		66		0.56%		3,149		26.50%		11,883
	Randolph		6,127		68.07%		2,817		31.30%		57		0.63%		3,310		36.77%		9,001
	Russell		8,337		49.60%		8,375		49.82%		97		0.57%		-38		-0.22%		16,809
	Shelby		63,435		80.39%		14,850		18.82%		621		0.79%		48,585		61.57%		78,906
	St. Clair		23,500		80.59%		5,456		18.71%		205		0.70%		18,044		61.88%		29,161
	Sumter		1,880		29.22%		4,527		70.37%		26		0.40%		-2,647		-41.15%		6,433
	Talladega		18,331		61.31%		11,374		38.04%		193		0.65%		6,957		23.27%		29,898
	Tallapoosa		12,392		69.03%		5,451		30.36%		109		0.61%		6,941		38.67%		17,952
	Tuscaloosa		42,877		61.40%		26,447		37.87%		506		0.73%		16,430		23.53%		69,830
	Walker		19,167		67.57%		9,016		31.78%		184		0.65%		10,151		35.79%		28,367
	Washington		5,060		61.36%		3,145		38.14%		42		0.51%		1,915		23.22%		8,247
	Wilcox		1,834		32.28%		3,838		67.55%		10		0.18%		-2,004		-35.27%		5,682
	Winston		8,130		78.00%		2,236		21.45%		57		0.55%		5,894		56.55%		10,423

County Flips: {{col-begin}}

Democratic Republican ]]

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Barbour (Largest city: Eufaula)
Choctaw (Largest city: Butler)
Colbert (Largest city: Muscle Shoals)
Conecuh (Largest city: Evergreen)
Jackson (Largest city: Scottsboro)
Lawrence (Largest city: Moulton)
Marengo (Largest city: Linden)

By congressional district

Bush won six of seven congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.

Bush	Kerry	Representative
[[File:Alabama1st.JPG	100px]]	64%	35%	Jo Bonner
[[File:Alabama2nd.jpg	100px]]	67%	33%	Terry Everett
[[File:Alabama3rd.png	100px]]	58%	41%	Mike D. Rogers
[[File:Alabama4th.png	100px]]	71%	28%	Robert Aderholt
[[File:Alabama5th.png	100px]]	60%	39%	Bud Cramer
[[File:Alabama6th.PNG	100px]]	78%	22%	Spencer Bachus
[[File:Alabama7th.PNG	100px]]	35%	64%	Artur Davis

Electors

Main article: List of 2004 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Alabama cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Alabama is allocated 9 electors because it has 7 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 9 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 9 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 the state. All were pledged to and voted for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.

Beth Chapman
Marty Connors
Martha Hosey
Will Sellers
Mike Hubbard
Floyd Lawson
Elbert Peters
Bettye Fine Collins
Martha Stokes

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