# 2004 United States presidential election in Kansas

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The 2004 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 2, 2004, as part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kansas was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 25.4% 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. On election day, it trended Republican from the 2000 election by a swing margin of almost 5%. He won every single congressional district and county, excluding two: Wyandotte County and Douglas County.

## Caucuses

* 2004 Kansas Democratic presidential 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 | Solid R |
| Cook Political Report | Solid R |
| Research 2000 | Solid R |
| Zogby International | Likely R |
| Washington Post | Likely R |
| Washington Dispatch | Likely R |
| Washington Times | Solid R |
| The New York Times | Solid R |
| CNN | Likely R |
| Newsweek | Solid R |
| Associated Press | Solid R |
| Rasmussen Reports | Likely R |

### Polling

Bush won every single pre-election poll, and won each by a double-digit margin of victory and with at least 56% of the vote. The final 3 polls averaged Bush leading 58% to 37% for Kerry and 3% for Nader.

### Fundraising

Bush raised $980,035. Kerry raised $387,484.

### Advertising and visits

Neither presidential candidate advertised or visited this state. However, John Edwards visited the city of Lawrence in Douglas County briefly.

## Analysis

Apart from its flirtation with William Jennings Bryan and Woodrow Wilson, Kansas has always been a Republican stronghold at the presidential level, voting for GOP nominees in all but seven elections since statehood. The last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Kansas was Lyndon B. Johnson in his landslide in 1964. A combination of rural counties embedded with deep pockets of evangelical Christianity/social conservatism and moderate, fiscally conservative residents in Johnson County, Kansas nearly always votes Republican.

## Results

2004 United States presidential election in Kansas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes |
| | Republican | George W. Bush (Inc.) | 736,456 | 62.00% | 6 |
| | Democratic | John Kerry | 434,993 | 36.62% | 0 |
| | Reform | Ralph Nader | 9,348 | 0.79% | 0 |
| | Libertarian | Michael Badnarik | 4,013 | 0.34% | 0 |
| | Independent | Michael Peroutka | 2,899 | 0.24% | 0 |
| | Write In | David Cobb | 33 | 0.00% | 0 |
| | Write In | John Joseph Kennedy | 5 | 0.00% | 0 |
| | Write In | Bill Van Auken | 5 | 0.00% | 0 |
| | Write In | Walt Brown | 4 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 1,187,756 | 100.00% | 6 |
| Voter turnout (Voting age population) | Voter turnout (Voting age population) | Voter turnout (Voting age population) | Voter turnout (Voting age population) | Voter turnout (Voting age population) | 58.6% |

### Results by county

| County | George W. Bush Republican | George W. Bush Republican | John Kerry Democratic | John Kerry Democratic | Ralph Nader Reform | Ralph Nader Reform | Michael James Badnarik Libertarian | Michael James Badnarik Libertarian | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Allen | 3,867 | 65.84% | 1,922 | 32.73% | 53 | 0.90% | 20 | 0.34% | 11 | 0.19% | 1,945 | 33.11% | 5,873 |
| Anderson | 2,500 | 64.72% | 1,295 | 33.52% | 40 | 1.04% | 13 | 0.34% | 15 | 0.39% | 1,205 | 31.20% | 3,863 |
| Atchison | 3,880 | 54.51% | 3,120 | 43.83% | 65 | 0.91% | 29 | 0.41% | 24 | 0.34% | 760 | 10.68% | 7,118 |
| Barber | 1,782 | 74.16% | 588 | 24.47% | 19 | 0.79% | 4 | 0.17% | 10 | 0.42% | 1,194 | 49.69% | 2,403 |
| Barton | 8,666 | 74.03% | 2,874 | 24.55% | 106 | 0.91% | 30 | 0.26% | 30 | 0.26% | 5,792 | 49.48% | 11,706 |
| Bourbon | 4,372 | 65.39% | 2,216 | 33.14% | 64 | 0.96% | 23 | 0.34% | 11 | 0.16% | 2,156 | 32.25% | 6,686 |
| Brown | 3,092 | 69.99% | 1,268 | 28.70% | 35 | 0.79% | 12 | 0.27% | 11 | 0.25% | 1,824 | 41.29% | 4,418 |
| Butler | 18,438 | 70.16% | 7,495 | 28.52% | 174 | 0.66% | 92 | 0.35% | 81 | 0.31% | 10,943 | 41.64% | 26,280 |
| Chase | 1,055 | 70.29% | 418 | 27.85% | 12 | 0.80% | 9 | 0.60% | 7 | 0.47% | 637 | 42.44% | 1,501 |
| Chautauqua | 1,529 | 78.01% | 404 | 20.61% | 10 | 0.51% | 10 | 0.51% | 7 | 0.36% | 1,125 | 57.40% | 1,960 |
| Cherokee | 6,083 | 61.36% | 3,726 | 37.59% | 69 | 0.70% | 23 | 0.23% | 12 | 0.12% | 2,357 | 23.77% | 9,913 |
| Cheyenne | 1,353 | 79.96% | 320 | 18.91% | 9 | 0.53% | 7 | 0.41% | 3 | 0.18% | 1,033 | 61.05% | 1,692 |
| Clark | 1,014 | 78.54% | 257 | 19.91% | 8 | 0.62% | 4 | 0.31% | 8 | 0.62% | 757 | 58.63% | 1,291 |
| Clay | 3,174 | 79.15% | 793 | 19.78% | 22 | 0.55% | 12 | 0.30% | 9 | 0.22% | 2,381 | 59.37% | 4,010 |
| Cloud | 3,221 | 71.53% | 1,210 | 26.87% | 42 | 0.93% | 17 | 0.38% | 13 | 0.29% | 2,011 | 44.66% | 4,503 |
| Coffey | 3,259 | 73.93% | 1,093 | 24.80% | 33 | 0.75% | 12 | 0.27% | 11 | 0.25% | 2,166 | 49.13% | 4,408 |
| Comanche | 770 | 78.49% | 200 | 20.39% | 3 | 0.31% | 4 | 0.41% | 4 | 0.41% | 570 | 58.10% | 981 |
| Cowley | 9,407 | 65.11% | 4,818 | 33.35% | 121 | 0.84% | 60 | 0.42% | 41 | 0.28% | 4,589 | 31.76% | 14,447 |
| Crawford | 8,626 | 52.19% | 7,617 | 46.09% | 181 | 1.10% | 60 | 0.36% | 43 | 0.26% | 1,009 | 6.10% | 16,527 |
| Decatur | 1,355 | 77.87% | 355 | 20.40% | 20 | 1.15% | 8 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.11% | 1,000 | 57.47% | 1,740 |
| Dickinson | 6,295 | 71.61% | 2,364 | 26.89% | 72 | 0.82% | 35 | 0.40% | 25 | 0.28% | 3,931 | 44.72% | 8,791 |
| Doniphan | 2,491 | 69.14% | 1,065 | 29.56% | 25 | 0.69% | 14 | 0.39% | 8 | 0.22% | 1,426 | 39.58% | 3,603 |
| Douglas | 20,544 | 41.00% | 28,634 | 57.14% | 624 | 1.25% | 209 | 0.42% | 100 | 0.20% | -8,090 | -16.14% | 50,111 |
| Edwards | 1,084 | 72.46% | 386 | 25.80% | 19 | 1.27% | 3 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.27% | 698 | 46.66% | 1,496 |
| Elk | 1,119 | 73.86% | 369 | 24.36% | 17 | 1.12% | 2 | 0.13% | 8 | 0.53% | 750 | 49.50% | 1,515 |
| Ellis | 7,891 | 64.75% | 4,033 | 33.09% | 158 | 1.30% | 61 | 0.50% | 44 | 0.36% | 3,858 | 31.66% | 12,187 |
| Ellsworth | 2,259 | 72.82% | 801 | 25.82% | 23 | 0.74% | 13 | 0.42% | 6 | 0.19% | 1,458 | 47.00% | 3,102 |
| Finney | 7,479 | 75.29% | 2,351 | 23.67% | 64 | 0.64% | 18 | 0.18% | 21 | 0.21% | 5,128 | 51.62% | 9,933 |
| Ford | 6,632 | 73.56% | 2,286 | 25.35% | 61 | 0.68% | 17 | 0.19% | 20 | 0.22% | 4,346 | 48.21% | 9,016 |
| Franklin | 7,391 | 64.40% | 3,921 | 34.17% | 106 | 0.92% | 31 | 0.27% | 27 | 0.24% | 3,470 | 30.23% | 11,476 |
| Geary | 4,703 | 64.18% | 2,531 | 34.54% | 58 | 0.79% | 21 | 0.29% | 15 | 0.20% | 2,172 | 29.64% | 7,328 |
| Gove | 1,196 | 81.53% | 247 | 16.84% | 12 | 0.82% | 5 | 0.34% | 7 | 0.48% | 949 | 64.69% | 1,467 |
| Graham | 1,082 | 75.14% | 334 | 23.19% | 10 | 0.69% | 6 | 0.42% | 8 | 0.56% | 748 | 51.95% | 1,440 |
| Grant | 2,169 | 78.64% | 561 | 20.34% | 11 | 0.40% | 11 | 0.40% | 6 | 0.22% | 1,608 | 58.30% | 2,758 |
| Gray | 1,816 | 80.89% | 408 | 18.17% | 17 | 0.76% | 4 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,408 | 62.72% | 2,245 |
| Greeley | 584 | 79.46% | 138 | 18.78% | 9 | 1.22% | 3 | 0.41% | 1 | 0.14% | 446 | 60.68% | 735 |
| Greenwood | 2,282 | 70.35% | 911 | 28.08% | 30 | 0.92% | 8 | 0.25% | 13 | 0.40% | 1,371 | 42.27% | 3,244 |
| Hamilton | 888 | 78.58% | 229 | 20.27% | 5 | 0.44% | 7 | 0.62% | 1 | 0.09% | 659 | 58.31% | 1,130 |
| Harper | 2,154 | 73.52% | 727 | 24.81% | 30 | 1.02% | 9 | 0.31% | 10 | 0.34% | 1,427 | 48.71% | 2,930 |
| Harvey | 9,534 | 63.10% | 5,331 | 35.28% | 171 | 1.13% | 46 | 0.30% | 28 | 0.19% | 4,203 | 27.82% | 15,110 |
| Haskell | 1,356 | 84.80% | 227 | 14.20% | 10 | 0.63% | 5 | 0.31% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,129 | 70.60% | 1,599 |
| Hodgeman | 953 | 80.56% | 223 | 18.85% | 6 | 0.51% | 1 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 730 | 61.71% | 1,183 |
| Jackson | 3,730 | 63.35% | 2,064 | 35.05% | 44 | 0.75% | 21 | 0.36% | 29 | 0.49% | 1,666 | 28.30% | 5,888 |
| Jefferson | 5,408 | 61.50% | 3,253 | 37.00% | 79 | 0.90% | 32 | 0.36% | 21 | 0.24% | 2,155 | 24.50% | 8,793 |
| Jewell | 1,495 | 78.07% | 385 | 20.10% | 13 | 0.68% | 10 | 0.52% | 12 | 0.63% | 1,110 | 57.97% | 1,915 |
| Johnson | 158,103 | 61.12% | 97,866 | 37.83% | 1,420 | 0.55% | 992 | 0.38% | 306 | 0.12% | 60,237 | 23.29% | 258,687 |
| Kearny | 1,177 | 80.89% | 272 | 18.69% | 4 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.07% | 905 | 62.20% | 1,455 |
| Kingman | 2,801 | 74.42% | 904 | 24.02% | 27 | 0.72% | 14 | 0.37% | 18 | 0.48% | 1,897 | 50.40% | 3,764 |
| Kiowa | 1,275 | 81.47% | 256 | 16.36% | 19 | 1.21% | 5 | 0.32% | 10 | 0.64% | 1,019 | 65.11% | 1,565 |
| Labette | 5,400 | 59.09% | 3,615 | 39.56% | 76 | 0.83% | 28 | 0.31% | 20 | 0.22% | 1,785 | 19.53% | 9,139 |
| Lane | 823 | 81.16% | 181 | 17.85% | 4 | 0.39% | 3 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.30% | 642 | 63.31% | 1,014 |
| Leavenworth | 15,949 | 58.35% | 11,039 | 40.39% | 191 | 0.70% | 86 | 0.31% | 66 | 0.24% | 4,910 | 17.96% | 27,331 |
| Lincoln | 1,368 | 76.00% | 391 | 21.72% | 23 | 1.28% | 11 | 0.61% | 7 | 0.39% | 977 | 54.28% | 1,800 |
| Linn | 3,048 | 64.29% | 1,631 | 34.40% | 37 | 0.78% | 14 | 0.30% | 11 | 0.23% | 1,417 | 29.89% | 4,741 |
| Logan | 1,255 | 82.40% | 248 | 16.28% | 13 | 0.85% | 3 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.26% | 1,007 | 66.12% | 1,523 |
| Lyon | 7,951 | 59.16% | 5,234 | 38.94% | 154 | 1.15% | 48 | 0.36% | 53 | 0.39% | 2,717 | 20.22% | 13,440 |
| Marion | 4,516 | 73.32% | 1,536 | 24.94% | 69 | 1.12% | 14 | 0.23% | 24 | 0.39% | 2,980 | 48.38% | 6,159 |
| Marshall | 3,261 | 63.84% | 1,789 | 35.02% | 39 | 0.76% | 6 | 0.12% | 13 | 0.25% | 1,472 | 28.82% | 5,108 |
| McPherson | 9,595 | 71.78% | 3,589 | 26.85% | 114 | 0.85% | 44 | 0.33% | 25 | 0.19% | 6,006 | 44.93% | 13,367 |
| Meade | 1,748 | 82.41% | 356 | 16.78% | 12 | 0.57% | 3 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,392 | 65.63% | 2,121 |
| Miami | 9,013 | 64.31% | 4,838 | 34.52% | 90 | 0.64% | 30 | 0.21% | 45 | 0.32% | 4,175 | 29.79% | 14,016 |
| Mitchell | 2,609 | 77.90% | 693 | 20.69% | 26 | 0.78% | 10 | 0.30% | 11 | 0.33% | 1,916 | 57.21% | 3,349 |
| Montgomery | 9,598 | 67.99% | 4,338 | 30.73% | 98 | 0.69% | 44 | 0.31% | 38 | 0.27% | 5,260 | 37.26% | 14,116 |
| Morris | 1,961 | 66.79% | 931 | 31.71% | 28 | 0.95% | 6 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.34% | 1,030 | 35.08% | 2,936 |
| Morton | 1,287 | 81.66% | 276 | 17.51% | 5 | 0.32% | 4 | 0.25% | 4 | 0.25% | 1,011 | 64.15% | 1,576 |
| Nemaha | 4,027 | 73.71% | 1,355 | 24.80% | 39 | 0.71% | 19 | 0.35% | 23 | 0.42% | 2,672 | 48.91% | 5,463 |
| Neosho | 4,705 | 65.07% | 2,424 | 33.52% | 69 | 0.95% | 19 | 0.26% | 14 | 0.19% | 2,281 | 31.55% | 7,231 |
| Ness | 1,407 | 77.39% | 382 | 21.01% | 17 | 0.94% | 4 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.44% | 1,025 | 56.38% | 1,818 |
| Norton | 2,092 | 80.49% | 473 | 18.20% | 21 | 0.81% | 8 | 0.31% | 5 | 0.19% | 1,619 | 62.29% | 2,599 |
| Osage | 4,800 | 64.32% | 2,537 | 33.99% | 77 | 1.03% | 27 | 0.36% | 22 | 0.29% | 2,263 | 30.33% | 7,463 |
| Osborne | 1,587 | 76.48% | 454 | 21.88% | 25 | 1.20% | 5 | 0.24% | 4 | 0.19% | 1,133 | 54.60% | 2,075 |
| Ottawa | 2,333 | 78.53% | 595 | 20.03% | 26 | 0.88% | 8 | 0.27% | 9 | 0.30% | 1,738 | 58.50% | 2,971 |
| Pawnee | 2,172 | 72.69% | 773 | 25.87% | 26 | 0.87% | 8 | 0.27% | 9 | 0.30% | 1,399 | 46.82% | 2,988 |
| Phillips | 2,256 | 79.24% | 557 | 19.56% | 20 | 0.70% | 6 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.28% | 1,699 | 59.68% | 2,847 |
| Pottawatomie | 6,326 | 71.70% | 2,176 | 24.66% | 91 | 1.03% | 30 | 0.34% | 200 | 2.27% | 4,150 | 47.04% | 8,823 |
| Pratt | 3,121 | 71.19% | 1,200 | 27.37% | 38 | 0.87% | 18 | 0.41% | 7 | 0.16% | 1,921 | 43.82% | 4,384 |
| Rawlins | 1,414 | 82.21% | 289 | 16.80% | 9 | 0.52% | 6 | 0.35% | 2 | 0.12% | 1,125 | 65.41% | 1,720 |
| Reno | 17,748 | 64.95% | 9,114 | 33.36% | 275 | 1.01% | 91 | 0.33% | 96 | 0.35% | 8,634 | 31.59% | 27,324 |
| Republic | 2,238 | 77.47% | 607 | 21.01% | 20 | 0.69% | 11 | 0.38% | 13 | 0.45% | 1,631 | 56.46% | 2,889 |
| Rice | 3,182 | 72.71% | 1,130 | 25.82% | 41 | 0.94% | 3 | 0.07% | 20 | 0.46% | 2,052 | 46.89% | 4,376 |
| Riley | 12,672 | 60.60% | 7,908 | 37.82% | 224 | 1.07% | 63 | 0.30% | 44 | 0.21% | 4,764 | 22.78% | 20,911 |
| Rooks | 2,121 | 78.27% | 534 | 19.70% | 37 | 1.37% | 6 | 0.22% | 12 | 0.44% | 1,587 | 58.57% | 2,710 |
| Rush | 1,226 | 68.53% | 517 | 28.90% | 27 | 1.51% | 9 | 0.50% | 10 | 0.56% | 709 | 39.63% | 1,789 |
| Russell | 2,671 | 75.77% | 810 | 22.98% | 24 | 0.68% | 8 | 0.23% | 12 | 0.34% | 1,861 | 52.79% | 3,525 |
| Saline | 15,111 | 65.58% | 7,524 | 32.65% | 251 | 1.09% | 78 | 0.34% | 77 | 0.33% | 7,587 | 32.93% | 23,041 |
| Scott | 1,924 | 83.69% | 347 | 15.09% | 17 | 0.74% | 5 | 0.22% | 6 | 0.26% | 1,577 | 68.60% | 2,299 |
| Sedgwick | 110,381 | 62.12% | 64,839 | 36.49% | 1,345 | 0.76% | 695 | 0.39% | 419 | 0.24% | 45,542 | 25.63% | 177,679 |
| Seward | 4,272 | 78.54% | 1,122 | 20.63% | 24 | 0.44% | 8 | 0.15% | 13 | 0.24% | 3,150 | 57.91% | 5,439 |
| Shawnee | 44,188 | 54.17% | 36,264 | 44.45% | 687 | 0.84% | 236 | 0.29% | 202 | 0.25% | 7,924 | 9.72% | 81,577 |
| Sheridan | 1,144 | 81.37% | 239 | 17.00% | 13 | 0.92% | 2 | 0.14% | 8 | 0.57% | 905 | 64.37% | 1,406 |
| Sherman | 2,088 | 75.60% | 632 | 22.88% | 25 | 0.91% | 13 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.14% | 1,456 | 52.72% | 2,762 |
| Smith | 1,803 | 76.08% | 540 | 22.78% | 17 | 0.72% | 4 | 0.17% | 6 | 0.25% | 1,263 | 53.30% | 2,370 |
| Stafford | 1,649 | 75.43% | 506 | 23.15% | 20 | 0.91% | 4 | 0.18% | 7 | 0.32% | 1,143 | 52.28% | 2,186 |
| Stanton | 796 | 82.40% | 165 | 17.08% | 4 | 0.41% | 1 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 631 | 65.32% | 966 |
| Stevens | 1,936 | 85.47% | 310 | 13.69% | 12 | 0.53% | 4 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.13% | 1,626 | 71.78% | 2,265 |
| Sumner | 7,092 | 67.62% | 3,217 | 30.67% | 92 | 0.88% | 38 | 0.36% | 49 | 0.47% | 3,875 | 36.95% | 10,488 |
| Thomas | 3,007 | 77.70% | 816 | 21.09% | 28 | 0.72% | 6 | 0.16% | 13 | 0.34% | 2,191 | 56.61% | 3,870 |
| Trego | 1,225 | 72.66% | 434 | 25.74% | 21 | 1.25% | 4 | 0.24% | 2 | 0.12% | 791 | 46.92% | 1,686 |
| Wabaunsee | 2,531 | 70.23% | 1,001 | 27.77% | 36 | 1.00% | 10 | 0.28% | 26 | 0.72% | 1,530 | 42.46% | 3,604 |
| Wallace | 742 | 84.70% | 112 | 12.79% | 13 | 1.48% | 6 | 0.68% | 3 | 0.34% | 630 | 71.91% | 876 |
| Washington | 2,498 | 78.31% | 643 | 20.16% | 31 | 0.97% | 6 | 0.19% | 12 | 0.38% | 1,855 | 58.15% | 3,190 |
| Wichita | 869 | 81.83% | 183 | 17.23% | 6 | 0.56% | 4 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 686 | 64.60% | 1,062 |
| Wilson | 3,263 | 74.19% | 1,060 | 24.10% | 41 | 0.93% | 13 | 0.30% | 21 | 0.48% | 2,203 | 50.09% | 4,398 |
| Woodson | 1,204 | 68.29% | 530 | 30.06% | 19 | 1.08% | 3 | 0.17% | 7 | 0.40% | 674 | 38.23% | 1,763 |
| Wyandotte | 17,919 | 33.56% | 34,923 | 65.40% | 331 | 0.62% | 123 | 0.23% | 105 | 0.20% | -17,004 | -31.84% | 53,401 |
| Totals | 736,456 | 62.00% | 434,993 | 36.62% | 9,348 | 0.79% | 4,013 | 0.34% | 2,946 | 0.25% | 301,463 | 25.38% | 1,187,756 |

### Results by congressional district

Bush won all four congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.
| District | Bush | Kerry | Representative |
| 1st | 72% | 26% | Jerry Moran |
| 2nd | 59% | 39% | Jim Ryun |
| 3rd | 55% | 44% | Dennis Moore |
| 4th | 64% | 34% | Todd Tiahrt |

## Electors

Technically the voters of Kansas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Kansas is allocated 6 electors because it has 4 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 6 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 6 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 6 were pledged to Bush/Cheney.
* Ruth Garvey Fink
* Bud Hentzen
* Dennis Jones
* Wanda Konold
* Jack Ranson
* Patricia Pitney Smith