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2004 United States presidential election in North Dakota

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Field	Value
election_name	2004 United States presidential election in North Dakota
country	North Dakota
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2000 United States presidential election in North Dakota
previous_year	2000
next_election	2008 United States presidential election in North Dakota
next_year	2008
election_date	November 2, 2004
image_size	x200px
image1	George-W-Bush (cropped).jpeg
nominee1	George W. Bush
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	Texas
running_mate1	Dick Cheney
electoral_vote1	3
popular_vote1	196,651
percentage1	62.86%
image2	John F. Kerry (wide crop).jpg
nominee2	John Kerry
party2	North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party
home_state2	Massachusetts
running_mate2	John Edwards
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	111,052
percentage2	35.50%
map_image	North Dakota Presidential Election Results 2004.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County results
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

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

North Dakota was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 27.36% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. The state has voted Republican in all but five presidential elections since statehood. In 2004, George W. Bush defeated John Kerry with 62.86% of the vote, even as incumbent Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan overwhelmingly won re-election to the senate on the same ballot. The state's population of about 650,000 is little changed from what it was 80 years ago, as North Dakota is one of seven states with the minimum of three electoral votes.

Caucuses

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
Cook Political Report
Research 2000
Zogby International
The Washington Post	Washington Post
Washington Dispatch
Washington Times
The New York Times
CNN
Newsweek
Associated Press
Rasmussen Reports

Polling

Bush won both pre-election polls with a double-digit margin.

Fundraising

Bush raised $135,493. Kerry raised $36,600.

Advertising and visits

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

Analysis

In 2000, Al Gore won two counties, compared to Kerry who won four counties in the state, including his best performance in Sioux County, where he won with seventy percent of the vote. Overall, Bush dominated the state, winning a wide majority of the state's counties, and with large margins. In just two counties – both majority Native American – did Bush obtain less than 44 percent of the vote. This was the last election in which the Republican nominee won Cass County by majority until 2024.

Results

Results by county

County	George W. Bush
Republican	John Kerry
Democratic-NPL	Ralph Nader
Independent	Michael Badnarik
Libertarian	Michael Peroutka
Constitution	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	196,651	62.86%	111,052	35.50%	3,756	1.20%	851	0.27%	514	0.16%	85,599	27.36%	312,833
	Adams		915		70.88%		353		27.34%		15		1.16%		3		0.23%		5		0.39%		562		43.54%		1,291
	Barnes		3,541		60.92%		2,186		37.61%		64		1.10%		9		0.15%		13		0.22%		1,355		23.31%		5,813
	Benson		1,002		44.61%		1,196		53.25%		26		1.16%		15		0.67%		7		0.31%		-194		-8.64%		2,246
	Billings		449		79.61%		99		17.55%		9		1.60%		1		0.18%		6		1.06%		350		62.06%		564
	Bottineau		2,468		67.17%		1,168		31.79%		33		0.90%		3		0.08%		2		0.05%		1,300		35.38%		3,674
	Bowman		1,280		74.59%		397		23.14%		29		1.69%		3		0.17%		6		0.35%		883		51.45%		1,716
	Burke		808		69.36%		336		28.84%		13		1.12%		5		0.43%		3		0.26%		472		40.52%		1,165
	Burleigh		26,577		68.47%		11,621		29.94%		489		1.26%		78		0.20%		48		0.12%		14,956		38.53%		38,814
	Cass		39,619		59.39%		26,010		38.99%		732		1.10%		234		0.35%		112		0.17%		13,609		20.40%		66,711
	Cavalier		1,522		62.27%		887		36.29%		29		1.19%		1		0.04%		5		0.20%		635		25.98%		2,444
	Dickey		1,890		67.00%		883		31.30%		34		1.21%		7		0.25%		7		0.25%		1,007		35.70%		2,821
	Divide		751		59.23%		487		38.41%		26		2.05%		3		0.24%		1		0.08%		264		20.82%		1,268
	Dunn		1,178		66.40%		571		32.19%		16		0.90%		2		0.11%		7		0.39%		607		34.21%		1,774
	Eddy		655		54.00%		534		44.02%		18		1.48%		1		0.08%		5		0.41%		121		9.98%		1,213
	Emmons		1,449		68.58%		611		28.92%		43		2.04%		9		0.43%		1		0.05%		838		39.66%		2,113
	Foster		1,219		69.03%		518		29.33%		20		1.13%		6		0.34%		3		0.17%		701		39.70%		1,766
	Golden Valley		719		77.56%		195		21.04%		6		0.65%		3		0.32%		4		0.43%		524		56.52%		927
	Grand Forks		17,298		56.77%		12,646		41.50%		348		1.14%		137		0.45%		41		0.13%		4,652		15.27%		30,470
	Grant		952		76.65%		264		21.26%		16		1.29%		4		0.32%		6		0.48%		688		55.39%		1,242
	Griggs		907		63.03%		505		35.09%		14		0.97%		9		0.63%		4		0.28%		402		27.94%		1,439
	Hettinger		1,044		69.88%		405		27.11%		35		2.34%		6		0.40%		4		0.27%		639		42.77%		1,494
	Kidder		902		65.89%		433		31.63%		20		1.46%		7		0.51%		7		0.51%		469		34.26%		1,369
	LaMoure		1,592		68.18%		712		30.49%		17		0.73%		5		0.21%		9		0.39%		880		37.69%		2,335
	Logan		844		74.69%		265		23.45%		15		1.33%		2		0.18%		4		0.35%		579		51.24%		1,130
	McHenry		1,744		61.84%		1,030		36.52%		36		1.28%		7		0.25%		3		0.11%		714		25.32%		2,820
	McIntosh		1,254		72.82%		436		25.32%		24		1.39%		3		0.17%		5		0.29%		818		47.50%		1,722
	McKenzie		1,897		68.68%		847		30.67%		15		0.54%		2		0.07%		1		0.04%		1,050		38.01%		2,762
	McLean		3,014		63.45%		1,664		35.03%		57		1.20%		8		0.17%		7		0.15%		1,350		28.42%		4,750
	Mercer		3,285		71.17%		1,245		26.97%		68		1.47%		8		0.17%		10		0.22%		2,040		44.20%		4,616
	Morton		8,325		65.90%		4,073		32.24%		191		1.51%		31		0.25%		13		0.10%		4,252		33.66%		12,633
	Mountrail		1,527		50.40%		1,465		48.35%		30		0.99%		6		0.20%		2		0.07%		62		2.05%		3,030
	Nelson		1,107		57.60%		778		40.48%		26		1.35%		6		0.31%		5		0.26%		329		17.12%		1,922
	Oliver		790		70.60%		310		27.70%		15		1.34%		1		0.09%		3		0.27%		480		42.90%		1,119
	Pembina		2,466		63.95%		1,321		34.26%		53		1.37%		8		0.21%		8		0.21%		1,145		29.69%		3,856
	Pierce		1,475		67.20%		686		31.25%		24		1.09%		2		0.09%		8		0.36%		789		35.95%		2,195
	Ramsey		2,943		60.06%		1,885		38.47%		58		1.18%		9		0.18%		5		0.10%		1,058		21.59%		4,900
	Ransom		1,352		51.96%		1,199		46.08%		40		1.54%		9		0.35%		2		0.08%		153		5.88%		2,602
	Renville		953		64.87%		497		33.83%		18		1.23%		1		0.07%		0		0.00%		456		31.04%		1,469
	Richland		5,264		64.08%		2,821		34.34%		94		1.14%		25		0.30%		11		0.13%		2,443		29.74%		8,215
	Rolette		1,392		34.42%		2,564		63.40%		66		1.63%		15		0.37%		7		0.17%		-1,172		-28.98%		4,044
	Sargent		1,147		52.14%		1,021		46.41%		28		1.27%		4		0.18%		0		0.00%		126		5.73%		2,200
	Sheridan		727		77.01%		200		21.19%		12		1.27%		4		0.42%		1		0.11%		527		55.82%		944
	Sioux		319		27.98%		804		70.53%		12		1.05%		2		0.18%		3		0.26%		-485		-42.55%		1,140
	Slope		335		77.55%		89		20.60%		5		1.16%		2		0.46%		1		0.23%		246		56.95%		432
	Stark		7,220		69.42%		3,013		28.97%		126		1.21%		19		0.18%		22		0.21%		4,207		40.45%		10,400
	Steele		586		48.31%		616		50.78%		7		0.58%		2		0.16%		2		0.16%		-30		-2.47%		1,213
	Stutsman		6,517		64.38%		3,438		33.97%		135		1.33%		19		0.19%		13		0.13%		3,079		30.41%		10,122
	Towner		754		54.21%		606		43.57%		25		1.80%		2		0.14%		4		0.29%		148		10.64%		1,391
	Traill		2,543		59.86%		1,651		38.87%		43		1.01%		6		0.14%		5		0.12%		892		20.99%		4,248
	Walsh		3,194		61.59%		1,905		36.73%		61		1.18%		17		0.33%		9		0.17%		1,289		24.86%		5,186
	Ward		17,008		66.41%		8,236		32.16%		276		1.08%		60		0.23%		32		0.12%		8,772		34.25%		25,612
	Wells		1,654		64.58%		858		33.50%		35		1.37%		3		0.12%		9		0.35%		796		31.08%		2,561
	Williams		6,278		70.31%		2,512		28.13%		109		1.22%		18		0.20%		12		0.13%		3,766		42.18%		8,929

County Flips: {{col-begin}}

Democratic Republican ]]

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Benson (Largest CDP: Fort Totten)
Steele (Largest city: Finley)

By congressional district

Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is an at-large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.

District	Bush	Kerry	Representative		At-large
62.86%	35.5%		Earl Pomeroy

Electors

Main article: List of 2004 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of ND cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. ND is allocated 3 electors because it has 1 congressional district and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 3 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 3 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 Bush and Cheney:

Betsy Dalrymple (wife of Jack Dalrymple)
Ben Clayburgh
Jackie Williams

Notes

References

"DC's Political Report 2004".
Leiper, Dave. "2004 Presidential Election Polls – North Dakota".
"George W Bush - $374,659,453 raised, '04 election cycle, Republican Party, President". Campaignmoney.com.
"John F Kerry - $345,826,176 raised, '04 election cycle, Democrat Party, President". Campaignmoney.com.
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"2004 Presidential General Election Results – North Dakota". David Leip.
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