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2004 United States presidential election in Texas

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Field	Value
election_name	2004 United States presidential election in Texas
country	Texas
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2000 United States presidential election in Texas
previous_year	2000
next_election	2008 United States presidential election in Texas
next_year	2008
election_date	November 2, 2004
turnout	56.57% (of registered voters)
46.11% (of voting age population)
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	34
popular_vote1	4,526,917
percentage1	61.09%
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	2,832,704
percentage2	38.22%
map_image
title	President
before_election	George W. Bush
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	George W. Bush
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

46.11% (of voting age population) Bush Kerry The 2004 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. State voters chose 34 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Texas was won by incumbent Republican President George W. Bush by a margin of 22.87%. Prior to the election, all 12 major U.S. news organizations expected Texas to vote for Bush, considering it to be a safe red state. Texas has not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since 1976, and has been a Republican stronghold since the 1980s. A former governor of the state, Bush's performance stands as a high-water mark for Republican presidential candidates in Texas, and remains the last time that a Republican has won more than 60% of the state's vote, or that a Democrat has won less than 40%. The 1,067,968 ballots cast in Harris County also marked the first time that any Texas county would cast more than one million votes. This is also the most recent election in which the Republican candidate would win Tarrant County with at least 60% of the vote, as of the 2024 election.

Bush, who made historic gains with Hispanic and Latino voters in 2004, drew even with Kerry among Texan Hispanics, winning 49% to Kerry's 50%. Bush's performance with Texas Hispanics would later be surpassed by Republican Donald Trump in 2024, who won a majority of Hispanics in the state and nearly all South Texas counties that year, which even Bush was unable to do.

In 2008 there would be a shift in many of the urban counties Bush carried in this election toward Democratic candidate Barack Obama, though the state would still be won by his Republican opponent, John McCain.

Primaries

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 every single pre-election poll, and won each with at least 55% of the vote and a double-digit margin of victory. The final three polls averaged Bush leading 59% to 37%.

Fundraising

Bush raised $23,776,943. Kerry raised $5,554,831.

Advertising and visits

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

Analysis

Texas, located in the South, has become a consistently Republican state at all levels. Economically and racially diverse, Texas includes a huge swath of the Bible Belt where many voters, especially those in rural Texas, identify as born-again or evangelical Christians and therefore tend to vote Republican due to the party's opposition to abortion. Although once part of the Solid South, the last time Texas voted for a Democratic presidential nominee was Jimmy Carter in 1976. George Bush achieved his party's best result in Texas since Ronald Reagan's second landslide in 1984.

President Bush carried 236 of the state's 254 counties, improving on his performance from 2000. East Texas, historically the most Democratic region in the state, solidified its support for the Republican Party with only Jefferson County, home to Beaumont, voting for John Kerry. South Texas, while still voting heavily for Senator Kerry, swung towards Bush as well. Despite Bush's increased margin in the state compared to 2000, Kerry made major inroads in the state's suburban areas, especially in Metro Houston, the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex, and the Austin area. Kerry narrowed Bush's 2000 margins in Collin, Dallas, Denton, Fort Bend, Harris, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties. Out of those, however, only Travis County, home to Austin, flipped into the Democratic column, in part due to the city's strong liberal leanings and opposition to the Iraq War. Bush had won a plurality in the county in 2000 in part due to the Green Party's Ralph Nader winning 11% of the county's vote. With Bush carrying Dallas County by a narrow margin of 1.40%, the city of Dallas nearly voted for Kerry, with him winning its urban core with 57% of the vote.

Bush is the last Republican to win any of the following counties in a presidential election: Bexar (home of San Antonio), Dallas (home of Dallas), and Harris (home of Houston). Frio, Kleberg, Reeves, Val Verde counties would not vote Republican again until 2020. Cameron and Culberson counties would not vote Republican again until 2024.

Results

2004 United States presidential election in Texas	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Republican Party	George W. Bush (incumbent)	4,526,917	61.09%	34
Democratic	John Kerry	2,832,704	38.22%	0
Libertarian	Michael Badnarik	38,787	0.52%	0
Write-in	Ralph Nader	9,159	0.12%	0
Write-in	Michael Peroutka	1,636	0.02%	0
Write-in	David Cobb	1,014	0.01%	0
Write-in	Andrew J. Falk	219	0.00%	0
Write-in	John Joseph Kennedy	126	0.00%	0
Write-in	Walt Brown	111	0.00%	0
Write-in	Deborah Elaine Allen	92	0.00%	0
Totals		7,410,765		100.00%	34
Voter turnout (voting age population)		46.7%

By county

County	George W. Bush
Republican	John Kerry
Democratic	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	4,526,917	61.09%	2,832,704	38.22%	51,144	0.69%	1,694,213	22.87%	7,410,765
	Anderson		11,525		70.70%		4,678		28.70%		98		0.60%		6,847		42.00%		16,301
	Andrews		3,837		84.59%		677		14.93%		22		0.49%		3,160		69.66%		4,536
	Angelina		18,932		66.75%		9,302		32.80%		130		0.46%		9,630		33.95%		28,364
	Aransas		6,569		70.88%		2,640		28.49%		59		0.63%		3,929		42.39%		9,268
	Archer		3,556		79.89%		878		19.73%		17		0.38%		2,678		60.16%		4,451
	Armstrong		830		82.67%		170		16.93%		98		0.60%		660		65.74%		1,004
	Atascosa		7,635		63.02%		4,421		36.49%		60		0.49%		3,214		26.53%		12,116
	Austin		8,072		75.43%		2,582		24.13%		48		0.45%		5,490		51.30%		10,702
	Bailey		1,882		78.03%		525		21.77%		5		0.21%		1,357		56.26%		2,412
	Bandera		6,933		79.32%		1,738		19.88%		70		0.80%		5,195		59.44%		8,741
	Bastrop		13,290		56.70%		9,794		41.78%		357		1.52%		3,496		14.92%		23,441
	Baylor		1,169		71.28%		467		28.48%		4		0.24%		702		42.80%		1,640
	Bee		5,428		57.03%		4,045		42.50%		45		0.48%		1,383		14.53%		9,518
	Bell		52,135		65.39%		27,165		34.07%		424		0.53%		24,970		31.32%		79,724
	Bexar		260,698		54.85%		210,976		44.39%		3,640		0.76%		49,722		10.46%		475,314
	Blanco		3,277		71.49%		1,267		27.64%		40		0.87%		2,010		43.85%		4,584
	Borden		303		84.40%		55		15.32%		1		0.28%		248		69.08%		359
	Bosque		5,737		75.63%		1,815		23.93%		34		0.45%		3,922		51.70%		7,586
	Bowie		21,791		64.55%		11,880		35.19%		89		0.26%		9,911		29.36%		33,760
	Brazoria		63,662		68.27%		28,904		31.00%		682		0.74%		34,758		37.27%		93,248
	Brazos		37,594		69.22%		16,128		29.70%		587		1.08%		21,466		39.52%		54,309
	Brewster		1,980		52.66%		1,729		45.98%		51		1.36%		251		6.68%		3,760
	Briscoe		620		76.45%		191		23.55%		0		0.00%		429		52.90%		811
	Brooks		845		31.60%		1,823		68.18%		6		0.22%		-978		-36.58%		2,674
	Brown		11,640		81.67%		2,523		17.70%		90		0.63%		9,117		63.97%		14,253
	Burleson		4,405		65.54%		2,276		33.86%		40		0.59%		2,129		31.68%		6,721
	Burnet		11,456		72.77%		4,147		26.34%		139		0.89%		7,309		46.43%		15,742
	Caldwell		6,436		55.55%		5,052		43.60%		99		0.85%		1,384		11.95%		11,587
	Calhoun		4,348		62.75%		2,561		36.96%		20		0.29%		1,787		25.79%		6,929
	Callahan		4,542		80.33%		1,073		18.98%		39		0.69%		3,469		61.35%		5,654
	Cameron		34,801		50.32%		33,998		49.16%		357		0.52%		803		1.16%		69,156
	Camp		2,638		59.43%		1,778		40.05%		23		0.52%		860		19.38%		4,439
	Carson		2,450		83.22%		485		16.47%		9		0.30%		1,965		66.75%		2,944
	Cass		7,383		61.27%		4,630		38.43%		36		0.30%		2,753		22.84%		12,049
	Castro		1,794		73.83%		631		25.97%		5		0.21%		1,163		47.86%		2,430
	Chambers		8,618		73.98%		2,953		25.35%		78		0.67%		5,665		48.63%		11,649
	Cherokee		11,329		71.53%		4,439		28.03%		71		0.45%		6,890		43.50%		15,839
	Childress		1,629		75.98%		511		23.83%		4		0.19%		1,118		52.15%		2,144
	Clay		3,971		75.09%		1,299		24.57%		18		0.34%		2,672		50.52%		5,288
	Cochran		856		77.12%		249		22.43%		5		0.45%		607		54.69%		1,110
	Coke		1,338		83.11%		266		16.52%		6		0.37%		1,072		66.59%		1,610
	Coleman		3,035		79.33%		778		20.33%		13		0.34%		2,257		59.00%		3,826
	Collin		174,435		71.15%		68,935		28.12%		1,784		0.73%		105,500		43.03%		245,154
	Collingsworth		1,051		75.18%		346		24.75%		1		0.07%		705		50.43%		1,398
	Colorado		5,488		71.37%		2,161		28.10%		41		0.54%		3,327		43.27%		7,690
	Comal		31,574		76.93%		9,153		22.30%		316		0.77%		22,421		54.63%		41,043
	Comanche		3,813		72.38%		1,431		27.16%		24		0.46%		2,382		45.22%		5,268
	Concho		911		76.36%		270		22.63%		12		1.01%		641		53.73%		1,193
	Cooke		11,908		78.82%		3,142		20.80%		57		0.37%		8,766		58.02%		15,107
	Coryell		12,421		70.47%		5,122		29.06%		82		0.46%		7,299		41.41%		17,625
	Cottle		549		71.48%		214		27.86%		5		0.65%		335		43.62%		768
	Crane		1,314		83.48%		254		16.14%		6		0.38%		1,060		67.34%		1,574
	Crockett		1,248		72.22%		473		27.37%		7		0.41%		775		44.85%		1,728
	Crosby		1,647		72.40%		622		27.34%		6		0.26%		1,025		45.06%		2,275
	Culberson		407		51.65%		375		47.59%		6		0.76%		32		4.06%		788
	Dallam		1,473		82.66%		305		17.12%		4		0.22%		1,168		65.54%		1,782
	Dallas		346,246		50.35%		336,641		48.95%		4,822		0.70%		9,605		1.40%		687,709
	Dawson		3,419		75.23%		1,114		24.51%		12		0.26%		2,305		50.72%		4,545
	Deaf Smith		4,139		78.23%		1,133		21.41%		19		0.36%		3,006		56.82%		5,291
	Delta		1,447		69.50%		627		30.12%		8		0.39%		820		39.38%		2,082
	Denton		140,891		69.95%		59,346		29.47%		1,173		0.58%		81,545		40.48%		201,410
	DeWitt		5,100		75.76%		1,610		23.92%		22		0.33%		3,490		51.84%		6,732
	Dickens		815		76.67%		245		23.05%		3		0.28%		570		53.62%		1,063
	Dimmit		1,188		33.31%		2,365		66.32%		13		0.36%		-1,177		-33.01%		3,566
	Donley		1,429		80.10%		349		19.56%		6		0.34%		1,080		60.54%		1,784
	Duval		1,160		28.35%		2,916		71.28%		15		0.37%		-1,756		-42.93%		4,091
	Eastland		5,249		76.55%		1,582		23.07%		26		0.38%		3,667		53.48%		6,857
	Ector		27,502		75.74%		8,579		23.63%		229		0.63%		18,923		52.11%		36,310
	Edwards		745		77.36%		217		22.53%		1		0.10%		528		54.83%		963
	Ellis		34,602		74.50%		11,640		25.06%		202		0.43%		22,962		49.44%		46,444
	El Paso		73,261		43.20%		95,142		56.11%		1,170		0.69%		-21,881		-12.91%		169,573
	Erath		9,506		77.40%		2,710		22.07%		65		0.53%		6,796		55.33%		12,281
	Falls		3,454		58.52%		2,427		41.12%		21		0.36%		1,027		17.40%		5,902
	Fannin		7,893		65.99%		4,001		33.45%		66		0.56%		3,892		32.54%		11,960
	Fayette		7,527		72.40%		2,803		26.96%		67		0.64%		4,724		45.44%		10,397
	Fisher		1,161		60.37%		758		39.42%		4		0.21%		403		20.95%		1,923
	Floyd		2,032		78.64%		545		21.09%		7		0.27%		1,487		57.55%		2,584
	Foard		347		59.11%		235		40.03%		5		0.85%		112		19.08%		587
	Fort Bend		93,625		57.38%		68,722		42.12%		822		0.50%		24,903		15.26%		163,169
	Franklin		3,185		75.53%		1,011		23.97%		21		0.50%		2,174		51.56%		4,217
	Freestone		5,057		70.62%		2,070		28.91%		34		0.48%		2,987		41.71%		7,161
	Frio		1,991		50.66%		1,931		49.13%		8		0.20%		60		1.53%		3,930
	Gaines		3,540		85.01%		608		14.60%		16		0.38%		2,932		70.41%		4,164
	Galveston		61,290		57.83%		43,919		41.44%		772		0.73%		17,371		16.39%		105,981
	Garza		1,480		81.68%		326		17.99%		6		0.34%		1,154		63.69%		1,812
	Gillespie		9,297		80.47%		2,104		18.21%		152		1.32%		7,193		62.26%		11,553
	Glasscock		488		91.56%		44		8.26%		1		0.19%		444		83.30%		533
	Goliad		2,267		64.75%		1,219		34.82%		15		0.42%		1,048		29.93%		3,501
	Gonzales		4,291		71.26%		1,709		28.38%		22		0.37%		2,582		42.88%		6,022
	Gray		7,260		84.69%		1,289		15.04%		23		0.27%		5,971		69.65%		8,572
	Grayson		30,777		69.28%		13,452		30.28%		194		0.44%		17,325		39.00%		44,423
	Gregg		29,939		70.61%		12,306		29.02%		153		0.36%		17,633		41.59%		42,398
	Grimes		5,263		65.54%		2,713		33.79%		54		0.67%		2,550		31.75%		8,030
	Guadalupe		28,208		72.79%		10,290		26.55%		254		0.65%		17,918		46.24%		38,752
	Hale		8,025		79.03%		2,078		20.46%		51		0.51%		5,947		58.57%		10,154
	Hall		860		67.35%		413		32.34%		4		0.31%		447		35.01%		1,277
	Hamilton		2,856		76.57%		845		22.65%		29		0.78%		2,011		53.92%		3,730
	Hansford		1,903		88.64%		240		11.18%		4		0.19%		1,663		77.46%		2,147
	Hardeman		1,214		71.33%		480		28.20%		8		0.47%		734		43.13%		1,702
	Hardin		15,030		72.57%		5,608		27.08%		72		0.35%		9,422		45.49%		20,710
	Harris		584,723		54.75%		475,865		44.56%		7,380		0.69%		108,858		10.19%		1,067,968
	Harrison		16,473		62.82%		9,642		36.77%		108		0.41%		6,831		26.05%		26,223
	Hartley		1,736		84.31%		315		15.30%		8		0.39%		1,421		69.01%		2,059
	Haskell		1,539		63.70%		867		35.89%		10		0.41%		672		27.81%		2,416
	Hays		27,021		56.50%		20,110		42.05%		692		1.45%		6,911		14.45%		47,823
	Hemphill		1,380		83.99%		257		15.64%		6		0.36%		1,123		68.35%		1,643
	Henderson		20,210		70.05%		8,505		29.48%		134		0.46%		11,705		40.57%		28,849
	Hidalgo		50,931		44.80%		62,369		54.86%		383		0.34%		-11,438		-10.06%		113,683
	Hill		9,225		70.67%		3,751		28.74%		77		0.59%		5,474		41.93%		13,053
	Hockley		6,160		81.30%		1,385		18.28%		32		0.42%		4,775		63.02%		7,577
	Hood		16,280		76.46%		4,865		22.85%		148		0.69%		11,415		53.61%		21,293
	Hopkins		8,582		71.15%		3,443		28.54%		37		0.31%		5,139		42.61%		12,062
	Houston		5,848		66.41%		2,921		33.17%		37		0.42%		2,927		33.24%		8,806
	Howard		7,480		73.33%		2,663		26.11%		58		0.57%		4,817		47.22%		10,201
	Hudspeth		577		65.12%		302		34.09%		7		0.79%		275		31.03%		886
	Hunt		20,065		71.17%		7,971		28.27%		158		0.56%		12,094		42.90%		28,194
	Hutchinson		7,839		83.67%		1,503		16.04%		27		0.29%		6,336		67.63%		9,369
	Irion		684		82.61%		141		17.03%		3		0.36%		543		65.58%		828
	Jack		2,470		79.01%		643		20.57%		13		0.42%		1,827		58.44%		3,126
	Jackson		3,766		74.18%		1,296		25.53%		15		0.30%		2,470		48.65%		5,077
	Jasper		8,347		64.84%		4,471		34.73%		55		0.43%		3,876		30.11%		12,873
	Jeff Davis		764		65.47%		378		32.39%		25		2.14%		386		33.08%		1,167
	Jefferson		44,423		48.36%		47,066		51.23%		377		0.41%		-2,643		-2.87%		91,866
	Jim Hogg		712		34.48%		1,344		65.08%		9		0.44%		-632		-30.60%		2,065
	Jim Wells		5,817		45.84%		6,824		53.77%		50		0.40%		-1,007		-7.93%		12,691
	Johnson		34,818		73.42%		12,325		25.99%		279		0.58%		22,493		47.43%		47,422
	Jones		4,254		71.72%		1,658		27.95%		19		0.32%		2,596		43.77%		5,931
	Karnes		3,114		66.64%		1,543		33.02%		16		0.35%		1,571		33.62%		4,673
	Kaufman		21,304		70.16%		8,947		29.46%		115		0.38%		12,357		40.70%		30,366
	Kendall		11,434		81.25%		2,532		17.99%		106		0.75%		8,902		63.26%		14,072
	Kenedy		82		48.52%		85		50.30%		2		1.18%		-3		-1.78%		169
	Kent		382		73.18%		138		26.44%		2		0.38%		244		46.74%		522
	Kerr		16,538		77.84%		4,557		21.45%		151		0.71%		11,981		56.39%		21,246
	Kimble		1,482		81.61%		324		17.84%		10		0.56%		1,158		63.77%		1,816
	King		137		87.82%		18		11.54%		1		0.64%		119		76.28%		156
	Kinney		1,051		65.69%		542		33.88%		7		0.44%		509		31.81%		1,600
	Kleberg		5,366		53.81%		4,550		45.62%		57		0.57%		816		8.19%		9,973
	Knox		1,081		69.65%		464		29.90%		7		0.45%		617		39.75%		1,552
	Lamar		12,054		69.00%		5,338		30.56%		78		0.44%		6,716		38.44%		17,470
	Lamb		3,410		79.84%		857		20.07%		4		0.09%		2,553		59.77%		4,271
	Lampasas		5,422		77.18%		1,593		22.68%		10		0.14%		3,829		54.50%		7,025
	La Salle		989		44.35%		1,229		55.11%		12		0.53%		-240		-10.76%		2,230
	Lavaca		5,974		73.06%		2,152		26.32%		51		0.62%		3,822		46.74%		8,177
	Lee		4,160		68.33%		1,899		31.19%		29		0.48%		2,261		37.14%		6,088
	Leon		5,023		73.88%		1,754		25.80%		22		0.32%		3,269		48.08%		6,799
	Liberty		14,821		68.33%		6,780		31.26%		90		0.41%		8,041		37.07%		21,691
	Limestone		5,028		64.31%		2,752		35.20%		38		0.48%		2,276		29.11%		7,818
	Lipscomb		1,147		85.79%		184		13.76%		6		0.45%		963		72.03%		1,337
	Live Oak		3,147		74.91%		1,036		24.66%		18		0.43%		2,111		50.25%		4,201
	Llano		7,241		75.72%		2,257		23.60%		65		0.68%		4,984		52.12%		9,563
	Loving		65		81.25%		12		15.00%		3		3.75%		53		66.25%		80
	Lubbock		70,135		75.29%		22,472		24.12%		544		0.58%		47,663		51.17%		93,151
	Lynn		1,776		78.20%		490		21.58%		5		0.22%		1,286		56.62%		2,271
	McCulloch		2,465		76.55%		745		23.14%		10		0.31%		1,720		53.41%		3,220
	McLennan		52,090		65.73%		26,760		33.76%		404		0.51%		25,330		31.97%		79,254
	McMullen		467		82.80%		95		16.84%		2		0.35%		372		65.96%		564
	Madison		2,837		69.18%		1,235		30.11%		29		0.71%		1,602		39.07%		4,101
	Marion		2,441		56.14%		1,884		43.33%		23		0.53%		557		12.81%		4,348
	Martin		1,514		83.79%		288		15.94%		5		0.28%		1,226		67.85%		1,807
	Mason		1,600		77.03%		459		22.10%		18		0.87%		1,141		54.93%		2,077
	Matagorda		8,119		64.84%		4,355		34.78%		47		0.37%		3,764		30.06%		12,521
	Maverick		4,025		40.11%		5,948		59.28%		61		0.61%		-1,923		-19.17%		10,034
	Medina		10,389		70.07%		4,322		29.15%		115		0.78%		6,067		40.92%		14,826
	Menard		761		68.99%		331		30.01%		11		1.00%		430		38.98%		1,103
	Midland		36,585		81.60%		8,005		17.85%		244		0.54%		28,580		63.75%		44,834
	Milam		5,291		60.24%		3,445		39.22%		47		0.53%		1,846		21.02%		8,783
	Mills		1,794		80.41%		416		18.65%		21		0.94%		1,378		61.76%		2,231
	Mitchell		1,912		74.75%		639		24.98%		7		0.27%		1,273		49.77%		2,558
	Montague		5,910		74.84%		1,946		24.64%		41		0.52%		3,964		50.20%		7,897
	Montgomery		104,654		78.11%		28,628		21.37%		706		0.53%		76,026		56.74%		133,988
	Moore		4,601		81.75%		1,009		17.93%		18		0.32%		3,592		63.82%		5,628
	Morris		2,818		53.39%		2,437		46.17%		23		0.43%		381		7.22%		5,278
	Motley		564		82.46%		113		16.52%		7		1.02%		451		65.94%		684
	Nacogdoches		14,160		65.96%		7,152		33.32%		154		0.71%		7,008		32.64%		21,466
	Navarro		10,715		66.83%		5,259		32.80%		60		0.37%		5,456		34.03%		16,034
	Newton		3,159		55.42%		2,513		44.09%		28		0.50%		646		11.33%		5,700
	Nolan		3,722		70.37%		1,541		29.14%		26		0.49%		2,181		41.23%		5,289
	Nueces		59,359		56.77%		44,439		42.50%		762		0.73%		14,920		14.27%		104,560
	Ochiltree		2,922		91.97%		251		7.90%		4		0.13%		2,671		84.07%		3,177
	Oldham		733		86.95%		108		12.81%		2		0.24%		625		74.14%		843
	Orange		20,292		63.60%		11,476		35.97%		140		0.44%		8,816		27.63%		31,908
	Palo Pinto		7,137		71.27%		2,816		28.12%		61		0.61%		4,321		43.15%		10,014
	Panola		7,021		70.16%		2,958		29.56%		28		0.28%		4,063		40.60%		10,007
	Parker		31,795		77.63%		8,966		21.89%		196		0.48%		22,829		55.74%		40,957
	Parmer		2,375		85.65%		389		14.03%		9		0.32%		1,986		71.62%		2,773
	Pecos		3,167		71.52%		1,242		28.05%		19		0.43%		1,925		43.47%		4,428
	Polk		13,778		66.09%		6,964		33.41%		104		0.50%		6,814		32.68%		20,846
	Potter		21,401		73.65%		7,489		25.77%		166		0.57%		13,912		47.88%		29,056
	Presidio		715		37.83%		1,159		61.32%		16		0.85%		-444		-23.49%		1,890
	Rains		2,998		70.89%		1,213		28.68%		18		0.43%		1,785		42.21%		4,229
	Randall		40,520		83.40%		7,849		16.15%		218		0.45%		32,671		67.25%		48,587
	Reagan		956		83.64%		184		16.10%		3		0.26%		772		67.54%		1,143
	Real		1,314		79.88%		325		19.76%		6		0.36%		989		60.12%		1,645
	Red River		3,379		61.55%		2,097		38.20%		14		0.26%		1,282		23.35%		5,490
	Reeves		1,777		52.34%		1,600		47.13%		18		0.53%		177		5.21%		3,395
	Refugio		2,212		64.02%		1,232		35.66%		11		0.32%		980		28.36%		3,455
	Roberts		461		90.93%		46		9.07%		0		0.00%		415		81.86%		507
	Robertson		3,792		55.81%		2,979		43.84%		24		0.35%		813		11.97%		6,795
	Rockwall		20,120		78.65%		5,320		20.80%		141		0.55%		14,800		57.85%		25,581
	Runnels		3,239		80.00%		792		19.56%		18		0.44%		2,447		60.44%		4,049
	Rusk		13,390		72.99%		4,899		26.71%		55		0.30%		8,491		46.28%		18,344
	Sabine		3,138		67.64%		1,476		31.82%		25		0.54%		1,662		35.82%		4,639
	San Augustine		2,235		59.49%		1,506		40.09%		16		0.42%		729		19.40%		3,757
	San Jacinto		5,394		66.39%		2,688		33.08%		43		0.53%		2,706		33.31%		8,125
	San Patricio		13,474		63.20%		7,764		36.42%		82		0.38%		5,710		26.78%		21,320
	San Saba		1,894		77.91%		529		21.76%		8		0.33%		1,365		56.15%		2,431
	Schleicher		1,012		76.15%		312		23.48%		5		0.38%		700		52.67%		1,329
	Scurry		4,576		82.12%		981		17.61%		15		0.27%		3,595		64.51%		5,572
	Shackelford		1,292		84.61%		229		15.00%		6		0.39%		1,063		69.61%		1,527
	Shelby		6,295		67.84%		2,951		31.80%		33		0.36%		3,344		36.04%		9,279
	Sherman		942		88.37%		124		11.63%		0		0.00%		818		76.74%		1,066
	Smith		53,392		72.48%		19,970		27.11%		302		0.41%		33,422		45.37%		73,664
	Somervell		2,701		76.06%		831		23.40%		19		0.54%		1,870		52.66%		3,551
	Starr		2,552		26.09%		7,199		73.60%		30		0.31%		-4,647		-47.51%		9,781
	Stephens		2,803		79.65%		703		19.98%		13		0.37%		2,100		59.67%		3,519
	Sterling		544		88.46%		71		11.54%		0		0.00%		473		76.92%		615
	Stonewall		499		66.36%		250		33.24%		3		0.40%		249		33.12%		752
	Sutton		1,173		80.73%		280		19.27%		0		0.00%		893		61.46%		1,453
	Swisher		1,487		70.14%		626		29.53%		7		0.33%		861		40.61%		2,120
	Tarrant		349,462		62.39%		207,286		37.01%		3,393		0.61%		142,176		25.38%		560,141
	Taylor		37,197		77.33%		10,648		22.14%		254		0.53%		26,549		55.19%		48,099
	Terrell		306		65.25%		159		33.90%		4		0.85%		147		31.35%		469
	Terry		3,166		79.75%		794		20.00%		10		0.25%		2,372		59.75%		3,970
	Throckmorton		656		76.01%		202		23.41%		5		0.58%		454		52.60%		863
	Titus		5,709		64.10%		3,173		35.62%		25		0.28%		2,536		28.48%		8,907
	Tom Green		28,185		75.33%		9,007		24.07%		225		0.61%		19,178		51.26%		37,417
	Travis		147,885		42.00%		197,235		56.01%		6,993		1.98%		-49,350		-14.01%		352,113
	Trinity		3,985		64.14%		2,204		35.47%		24		0.38%		1,781		28.67%		6,213
	Tyler		5,043		65.11%		2,659		34.33%		43		0.56%		2,384		30.78%		7,745
	Upshur		10,232		70.44%		4,225		29.09%		69		0.47%		6,007		41.35%		14,526
	Upton		1,009		84.29%		185		15.46%		3		0.25%		824		68.83%		1,197
	Uvalde		5,148		60.69%		3,298		38.88%		37		0.43%		1,850		21.81%		8,483
	Val Verde		6,968		59.08%		4,757		40.33%		70		0.60%		2,211		18.75%		11,795
	Van Zandt		14,976		75.42%		4,822		24.28%		58		0.29%		10,154		51.14%		19,856
	Victoria		20,875		70.52%		8,553		28.89%		174		0.59%		12,322		41.63%		29,602
	Walker		11,710		65.71%		5,977		33.54%		135		0.76%		5,733		32.17%		17,822
	Waller		7,679		55.32%		6,145		44.27%		57		0.41%		1,534		11.05%		13,881
	Ward		2,856		75.80%		901		23.91%		11		0.29%		1,955		51.89%		3,768
	Washington		9,597		73.47%		3,389		25.94%		77		0.59%		6,208		47.53%		13,063
	Webb		17,753		42.72%		23,654		56.92%		149		0.35%		-5,901		-14.20%		41,556
	Wharton		9,288		66.16%		4,702		33.49%		49		0.35%		4,586		32.67%		14,039
	Wheeler		1,960		81.87%		420		17.54%		14		0.59%		1,540		64.33%		2,394
	Wichita		32,472		71.30%		12,819		28.15%		254		0.56%		19,653		43.15%		45,545
	Wilbarger		3,685		73.85%		1,284		25.73%		21		0.42%		2,401		48.12%		4,990
	Willacy		2,209		44.52%		2,734		55.10%		19		0.38%		-525		-10.58%		4,962
	Williamson		83,284		64.97%		43,117		33.63%		1,797		1.40%		40,167		31.34%		128,198
	Wilson		10,400		69.87%		4,409		29.62%		76		0.51%		5,991		40.25%		14,885
	Winkler		1,604		80.12%		391		19.53%		7		0.35%		1,213		60.59%		2,002
	Wise		15,177		75.71%		4,783		23.86%		87		0.43%		10,394		51.85%		20,047
	Wood		12,831		75.79%		4,034		23.83%		64		0.38%		8,797		51.96%		16,929
	Yoakum		2,228		85.27%		376		14.39%		9		0.35%		1,852		70.88%		2,613
	Young		5,874		79.28%		1,511		20.39%		24		0.32%		4,363		58.89%		7,409
	Zapata		1,228		42.37%		1,662		57.35%		8		0.28%		-434		-14.98%		2,898
	Zavala		777		24.92%		2,332		74.79%		9		0.29%		-1,555		-49.87%		3,118

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Cameron (Largest city: Brownsville)
Culberson (Largest city: Van Horn)
Frio (Largest city: Pearsall)
Morris (Largest city: Daingerfield)
Newton (Largest city: Newton)
Reeves (Largest city: Pecos)
Robertson (Largest city: Hearne)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Travis (Largest city: Austin)

By congressional district

Bush won 25 of 32 congressional districts, including four held by Democrats.

District	Bush	Representative
69%	31%	Max Sandlin
	Louie Gohmert
63%	37%	Jim Turner
	Ted Poe
67%	33%	Sam Johnson
70%	30%	Ralph Hall
67%	33%	Jeb Hensarling
66%	34%	Joe Barton
64%	36%	John Culberson
72%	28%	Kevin Brady
30%	70%	Nick Lampson
	Al Green
62%	38%	Lloyd Doggett
	Michael McCaul
78%	22%	Chet Edwards
	Mike Conaway
67%	33%	Kay Granger
78%	22%	Mac Thornberry
67%	33%	Ron Paul
51%	49%	Rubén Hinojosa
44%	56%	Silvestre Reyes
70%	30%	Charles Stenholm
	Chet Edwards
28%	72%	Sheila Jackson Lee
77%	23%	Randy Neugebauer
45%	55%	Charlie Gonzalez
66%	34%	Lamar S. Smith
64%	36%	Tom DeLay
57%	43%	Henry Bonilla
65%	35%	Martin Frost
	Kenny Marchant
46%	54%	Chris Bell
	Lloyd Doggett
65%	35%	Michael C. Burgess
55%	45%	Solomon Ortiz
54%	46%	Ciro Rodriguez
	Henry Cuellar
44%	56%	Gene Green
25%	75%	Eddie Bernice Johnson
67%	33%	John Carter
60%	40%	Pete Sessions

Electors

Main article: List of 2004 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Texas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Texas is allocated 34 electors because it has 32 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 34 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 34 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 34 were pledged to Bush/Cheney:

Royce Hayes
Tom Cotter
Jay Pierce
Marjorie Chandler
Lance Lenz
Barbara Grusendorf
Bill Borden
Jim Wiggins
Anna Rice
Jan Galbraith
Sue Brannon
Cheryl Surber
Mike Ussery
Sid Young
Frank Morris
Roger O'Dell
Christopher DeCluitt
Martha Greenlaw
Marcus Anderson
Mike Provost
Bennie Bock
Kathy Haigler
Kim Hesley
Peter Wrench
Morris Woods
Rhealyn Samuelson
Nancy Stevens
Loyce McCarter
Larry Bowles
Dan Mosher
Glenn Warren
Kristina Kiik
Susan Weddington
Charles Burchett

References

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