2004 United States presidential election
Results

Presidential candidate
Party
Home state
Popular vote
Popular vote
Electoral vote
Running mate
Running mate
Running mate
Presidential candidate
Party
Home state
Count
Percentage
Electoral vote
Vice-presidential candidate
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George Walker Bush
Republican
Texas
62,040,610
50.73%
286
Richard Bruce Cheney
Wyoming
286
John Forbes Kerry
Democratic
Massachusetts
59,028,444
48.27%
251
John Reid Edwards
North Carolina
251
John Edwards(a)
Democratic
North Carolina
-
-
1
John Reid Edwards
North Carolina
1
Ralph Nader
Independent
Connecticut
465,650
0.38%
0
Peter Camejo
California
0
Michael Badnarik
Libertarian
Texas
397,265
0.32%
0
Richard Campagna
Iowa
0
Michael Peroutka
Constitution
Maryland
143,630
0.12%
0
Chuck Baldwin
Florida
0
David Cobb
Green
Texas
119,859
0.10%
0
Pat LaMarche
Maine
0
Leonard Peltier
Peace and Freedom
Pennsylvania
27,607
0.02%
0
Janice Jordan
California
0
Walt Brown
Socialist
Oregon
10,837
0.01%
0
Mary Alice Herbert
Vermont
0
Róger Calero(b)
Socialist Workers
New York
3,689
0.01%
0
Arrin Hawkins(b)
Minnesota
0
Thomas Harens
Christian Freedom
Minnesota
2,387
0.002%
0
Jennifer Ryan
Minnesota
0
Other
Other
Other
50,652
0.04%
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Other
Other
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Total
Total
Total
122,295,345
100%
538
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538
Needed to win
Needed to win
Needed to win
Needed to win
Needed to win
270
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270

Question: How many popular votes did Bush receive compared to Kerry's?
Answer: Bush received 62,040,610 popular votes compared to Kerry's 59,028,444.