U.S. presidential election, 2004, in California
In 2004, California confirmed its reputation as a blue state by voting for the Democratic challenger, John Kerry. Republicans have not won here since George H.W. Bush's victory in 1988 against Michael Dukakis.
| Presidential Candidate
| Running Mate
| Party
| Electoral Vote (EV)
| Popular Vote (PV)
|
|
| George W. Bush of Texas
| Richard Cheney of Wyoming
| Republican
| 0
| 5,509,826
| 44.36%
|
| John Kerry of Massachusetts (W)
| John Edwards of North Carolina
| Democrat
| 55
| 6,745,485
| 54.31%
|
| Michael Badnarik of Texas
| Richard Campagna of Iowa
| Libertarian
| 0
| 50,165
| 0.40%
|
| David Cobb of California
| Patricia LaMarche of Maine
| Green
| 0
| 40,771
| 0.33%
|
| Others
| -
| -
| 0
| 73,610
| 0.59%
|
| Other elections: 1988 , 1992 , 1996 , 2000 , 2004, 2008 , 2012
|
| County
| John F. Kerry
| George W. Bush
| Others
|
| Amador
| 36.6% 6,541
| 62.1% 11,107
| 1.4% 243
|
| Butte
| 44.1% 42,448
| 53.7% 51,662
| 2.1% 2,047
|
| Calaveras
| 37.1% 8,286
| 60.9% 13,601
| 2.0% 456
|
| Colusa
| 31.6% 1,947
| 67.2% 4,142
| 1.2% 77
|
| Contra Costa
| 62.3% 257,254
| 36.5% 150,608
| 1.3% 5,166
|
| Del Norte
| 41.3% 3,892
| 56.9% 5,356
| 1.8% 173
|
| El Dorado
| 37.3% 32,242
| 61.2% 52,878
| 1.4% 1,244
|
| Fresno
| 41.7% 103,154
| 57.4% 141,988
| 0.9% 2,321
|
| Glenn
| 31.7% 2,995
| 66.7% 6,308
| 1.6% 151
|
| Humboldt
| 57.7% 37,988
| 39.0% 25,714
| 3.3% 2,184
|
| Imperial
| 52.4% 17,964
| 46.4% 15,890
| 1.2% 420
|
| Inyo
| 38.9% 3,350
| 59.1% 5,091
| 2.0% 175
|
| Kern
| 32.5% 68,603
| 66.5% 140,417
| 1.0% 2,154
|
| Kings
| 33.7% 10,833
| 65.4% 21,003
| 0.9% 274
|
| Lake
| 53.2% 13,141
| 44.9% 11,093
| 2.0% 485
|
| Lassen
| 27.6% 3,158
| 71.0% 8,126
| 1.4% 166
|
| Los Angeles
| 63.1% 1,907,736
| 35.6% 1,076,225
| 1.3% 39,319
|
| Madera
| 34.7% 13,481
| 64.0% 24,871
| 1.3% 498
|
| Marin
| 73.2% 99,070
| 25.4% 34,378
| 1.4% 1,877
|
| Mariposa
| 37.5% 3,251
| 60.2% 5,215
| 2.2% 192
|
| Mendonico
| 63.5% 24,385
| 33.7% 12,955
| 2.8% 1,089
|
| Merced
| 42.3% 24,491
| 56.5% 32,773
| 1.2% 696
|
| Moduc
| 25.7% 1,149
| 72.4% 3,235
| 1.9% 83
|
| Mono
| 49.2% 2,628
| 49.1% 2,621
| 1.7% 89
|
| Monterey
| 60.4% 75,241
| 38.4% 47,838
| 1.3% 1,574
|
| Napa
| 59.5% 33,666
| 39.0% 22,059
| 1.5% 874
|
| Nevada
| 44.9% 24,220
| 53.4% 28,790
| 1.7% 910
|
| Orange
| 39.0% 419,239
| 59.7% 641,832
| 1.3% 14,328
|
| Placer
| 36.3% 55,573
| 62.6% 95,969
| 1.1% 1,736
|
| Plumas
| 36.9% 4,129
| 61.7% 6,905
| 1.4% 156
|
| Riverside
| 41.0% 228,806
| 57.8% 322,473
| 1.1% 6,300
|
| Sacramento
| 49.5% 236,657
| 49.3% 235,539
| 1.2% 5,670
|
| San Benito
| 52.6% 9,851
| 46.5% 8,698
| 0.9% 176
|
| San Bernardino
| 43.6% 227,789
| 55.3% 289,306
| 1.1% 5,682
|
| San Diego
| 46.4% 526,437
| 52.5% 596,033
| 1.1% 12,378
|
| San Francisco
| 83.0% 296,772
| 15.2% 54,355
| 1.8% 6,338
|
| San Joaquin
| 45.8% 87,012
| 53.2% 100,978
| 1.0% 1,874
|
| San Luis Obispo
| 45.5% 58,742
| 52.7% 67,995
| 1.8% 2,313
|
| San Mateo
| 69.5% 197,922
| 29.2% 83,315
| 1.3% 3,620
|
| Santa Barbara
| 53.2% 90,314
| 45.2% 76,806
| 1.6% 2,741
|
| Santa Clara
| 63.9% 386,100
| 34.6% 209,094
| 1.4% 8,622
|
| Santa Cruz
| 73.0% 89,102
| 24.9% 30,354
| 2.2% 2,628
|
| Shasta
| 31.3% 24,339
| 67.2% 52,249
| 1.5% 1,143
|
| Sierra
| 33.2% 646
| 64.1% 1,249
| 2.7% 53
|
| Siskiyou
| 37.7% 7,880
| 60.6% 12,673
| 1.7% 346
|
| Solano
| 57.2% 85,096
| 41.9% 62,301
| 1.0% 1,440
|
| Sonoma
| 67.2% 148,261
| 30.9% 68,204
| 1.9% 4,225
|
| Stanislaus
| 40.4% 58,829
| 58.6% 85,407
| 1.0% 1,388
|
| Sutter
| 31.9% 9,602
| 67.2% 20,254
| 1.0% 289
|
| Tehama
| 32.0% 7,504
| 66.4% 15,572
| 1.6% 368
|
| Trinity
| 42.7% 2,782
| 54.7% 3,560
| 2.6% 171
|
| Tulare
| 32.9% 32,494
| 66.2% 65,399
| 1.0% 967
|
| Tuolumne
| 38.5% 10,104
| 60.0% 15,745
| 1.5% 386
|
| Ventura
| 47.5% 148,859
| 51.2% 160,314
| 1.3% 4,020
|
| Yolo
| 59.3% 42,885
| 38.8% 28,005
| 1.9% 1,379
|
| Yuba
| 31.6% 5,687
| 67.0% 12,076
| 1.4% 261
|
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