# 2004 United States presidential election in Virginia

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The 2004 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Virginia was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by an 8.20% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise a red state. The state had voted for the Republican candidate in all presidential elections since 1952 except for 1964's Democratic landslide. This pattern continued in 2004, although it would be broken four years later by the Democratic victory in 2008.
As of the 2024 presidential election, the 2004 election is the last time that Virginia has voted for a Republican candidate in a presidential election (or in a federal statewide election). This is also the last time Virginia and West Virginia have voted for the same candidate.
This was also the last time Buchanan County and Dickenson County would vote Democratic for president; and the last time Loudoun County, Prince William County, and Henrico County, and the independent cities of Winchester, Radford, Staunton, Harrisonburg, Manassas, Suffolk, Hopewell, and Manassas Park, would vote Republican for president. Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Fairfax County since Calvin Coolidge in 1924.

## Primaries

* 2004 Virginia Democratic presidential primary

## Campaign
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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 |
| Associated Press | Lean R |
| CNN | Likely R |
| Cook Political Report | Lean R |
| Newsweek | Lean R |
| New York Times | Lean R |
| Rasmussen Reports | Likely R |
| Research 2000 | Solid R |
| Washington Post | Likely R |
| Washington Times | Solid R |
| Zogby International | Likely R |
| Washington Dispatch | Likely R |

### Polling

Bush won every single pre-election poll. The final 3 poll average showed Bush leading 50% to 45%.

### Fundraising

Bush raised $8,594,386. Kerry raised $6,125,128.

### Advertising and visits

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

## Analysis

For about 80 years after the Civil War, Virginia was, like most other former Confederate states, reliably Democratic at the presidential level. After the passage of civil rights legislation in the mid-1960s, Virginia turned strongly Republican at the presidential level, being the only former Confederate state to vote for Gerald Ford over Jimmy Carter in 1976. Much of the Republican strength in the state was based in the large and growing Richmond- and Washington, D.C.-area suburbs of Henrico, Chesterfield, and Fairfax Counties. This trend would start to change in the 2000s; although Bush was widely expected to carry Virginia and did prevail in the state by over 8 points, this election set the stage for the state to become more competitive on the presidential level in the future.
Though the state was uncontested by both campaigns, John Kerry became the first Democrat since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 to carry Fairfax County, long a key Republican stronghold and the most populous county in the state. He was also the first Democrat since Harry S. Truman in 1948 to carry the independent city of Danville and Albermarle County. However, Bush managed to keep the margin in Virginia roughly unchanged with respect to 2000 by making further inroads in rural Virginia, particularly in Southwest Virginia, a heavily unionized region that had traditionally been one of the Democratic strongholds in the state. Bush became the first Republican to carry Russell County since 1972 and expanded his margin by over 10 points in Washington, Scott, Wise, Lee, and Smyth Counties. These countervailing trends would continue in subsequent elections, with Democrats expanding their support in Fairfax County while Republicans showed increasing support in Appalachian Virginia.

## Results

2004 United States presidential election in Virginia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes |
| | Republican | George W. Bush (inc.) | Dick Cheney (incumbent) | 1,716,959 | 53.68% | 13 |
| | Democratic | John Kerry | John Edwards | 1,454,742 | 45.48% | 0 |
| | Libertarian | Michael Badnarik | Richard Campagna | 11,032 | 0.34% | 0 |
| | Constitution | Michael Peroutka | Chuck Baldwin | 10,161 | 0.32% | 0 |
| | Independent (Write-in) | Ralph Nader (Write-in) | Peter Camejo | 2,393 | 0.07% | 0 |
| | Green (Write-in) | David Cobb (Write-in) | Pat LaMarche | 104 | <0.01% | 0 |
| | Write-ins | Write-ins | | 2,976 | 0.09% | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 3,198,367 | 100.00% | 13 |
| 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) | 57.2% | — |

### By city/county

| County/City | George W. Bush Republican | George W. Bush Republican | John Kerry Democratic | John Kerry Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County/City | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Accomack | 7,726 | 57.85% | 5,518 | 41.31% | 112 | 0.84% | 2,208 | 16.54% | 13,356 |
| Albemarle | 21,189 | 48.46% | 22,088 | 50.51% | 449 | 1.03% | -899 | -2.05% | 43,726 |
| Alexandria | 19,844 | 32.26% | 41,116 | 66.84% | 555 | 0.90% | -21,272 | -34.58% | 61,515 |
| Alleghany | 3,962 | 55.07% | 3,203 | 44.52% | 30 | 0.42% | 759 | 10.55% | 7,195 |
| Amelia | 3,499 | 64.83% | 1,862 | 34.50% | 36 | 0.67% | 1,637 | 30.33% | 5,397 |
| Amherst | 7,758 | 61.11% | 4,866 | 38.33% | 71 | 0.56% | 2,892 | 22.78% | 12,695 |
| Appomattox | 4,366 | 65.60% | 2,191 | 32.92% | 98 | 1.47% | 2,175 | 32.68% | 6,655 |
| Arlington | 29,635 | 31.31% | 63,987 | 67.60% | 1,028 | 1.09% | -34,352 | -36.29% | 94,650 |
| Augusta | 22,100 | 74.40% | 7,019 | 23.63% | 585 | 1.97% | 15,081 | 50.77% | 29,704 |
| Bath | 1,432 | 62.75% | 828 | 36.28% | 22 | 0.96% | 604 | 26.47% | 2,282 |
| Bedford | 21,925 | 69.82% | 9,102 | 28.98% | 377 | 1.20% | 12,823 | 40.84% | 31,404 |
| Bedford City | 1,472 | 57.91% | 1,042 | 40.99% | 28 | 1.10% | 430 | 16.92% | 2,542 |
| Bland | 1,962 | 68.48% | 846 | 29.53% | 57 | 1.99% | 1,116 | 38.95% | 2,865 |
| Botetourt | 10,865 | 68.78% | 4,801 | 30.39% | 131 | 0.83% | 6,064 | 38.39% | 15,797 |
| Bristol | 4,275 | 63.58% | 2,400 | 35.69% | 49 | 0.73% | 1,875 | 27.89% | 6,724 |
| Brunswick | 2,852 | 41.18% | 4,062 | 58.65% | 12 | 0.17% | -1,210 | -17.47% | 6,926 |
| Buchanan | 4,507 | 45.85% | 5,275 | 53.67% | 47 | 0.48% | -768 | -7.82% | 9,829 |
| Buckingham | 3,185 | 52.85% | 2,789 | 46.28% | 53 | 0.88% | 396 | 6.57% | 6,027 |
| Buena Vista | 1,417 | 59.31% | 936 | 39.18% | 36 | 1.51% | 481 | 20.13% | 2,389 |
| Campbell | 15,891 | 69.10% | 6,862 | 29.84% | 244 | 1.06% | 9,029 | 39.26% | 22,997 |
| Caroline | 4,999 | 50.22% | 4,878 | 49.01% | 77 | 0.77% | 121 | 1.21% | 9,954 |
| Carroll | 8,173 | 67.39% | 3,888 | 32.06% | 67 | 0.55% | 4,285 | 35.33% | 12,128 |
| Charles City | 1,254 | 36.46% | 2,155 | 62.66% | 30 | 0.87% | -901 | -26.20% | 3,439 |
| Charlotte | 3,166 | 58.22% | 2,223 | 40.88% | 49 | 0.90% | 943 | 17.34% | 5,438 |
| Charlottesville | 4,172 | 27.00% | 11,088 | 71.77% | 190 | 1.23% | -6,916 | -44.77% | 15,450 |
| Chesapeake | 52,283 | 57.11% | 38,744 | 42.32% | 514 | 0.56% | 13,539 | 14.79% | 91,541 |
| Chesterfield | 83,745 | 62.58% | 49,346 | 36.88% | 723 | 0.54% | 34,399 | 25.70% | 133,814 |
| Clarke | 3,741 | 57.51% | 2,699 | 41.49% | 65 | 1.00% | 1,042 | 16.02% | 6,505 |
| Colonial Heights | 6,129 | 74.46% | 2,061 | 25.04% | 41 | 0.50% | 4,068 | 49.42% | 8,231 |
| Covington | 1,104 | 47.98% | 1,179 | 51.24% | 18 | 0.78% | -75 | -3.26% | 2,301 |
| Craig | 1,706 | 65.09% | 901 | 34.38% | 14 | 0.53% | 805 | 30.71% | 2,621 |
| Culpeper | 10,026 | 64.25% | 5,476 | 35.09% | 103 | 0.66% | 4,550 | 29.16% | 15,605 |
| Cumberland | 2,377 | 57.61% | 1,721 | 41.71% | 28 | 0.68% | 656 | 15.90% | 4,126 |
| Danville | 9,399 | 49.18% | 9,436 | 49.37% | 277 | 1.45% | -37 | -0.19% | 19,112 |
| Dickenson | 3,591 | 48.49% | 3,761 | 50.78% | 54 | 0.73% | -170 | -2.29% | 7,406 |
| Dinwiddie | 6,193 | 57.14% | 4,569 | 42.15% | 77 | 0.71% | 1,624 | 14.99% | 10,839 |
| Emporia | 970 | 43.67% | 1,247 | 56.15% | 4 | 0.18% | -277 | -12.48% | 2,221 |
| Essex | 2,304 | 53.04% | 2,007 | 46.20% | 33 | 0.76% | 297 | 6.84% | 4,344 |
| Fairfax | 211,980 | 45.94% | 245,671 | 53.25% | 3,728 | 0.81% | -33,691 | -7.31% | 461,379 |
| Fairfax City | 5,045 | 47.84% | 5,395 | 51.16% | 106 | 1.01% | -350 | -3.32% | 10,546 |
| Falls Church | 2,074 | 34.01% | 3,944 | 64.68% | 80 | 1.31% | -1,870 | -30.67% | 6,098 |
| Fauquier | 19,011 | 63.55% | 10,712 | 35.81% | 192 | 0.64% | 8,299 | 27.74% | 29,915 |
| Floyd | 4,162 | 61.81% | 2,488 | 36.95% | 84 | 1.25% | 1,674 | 24.86% | 6,734 |
| Fluvanna | 6,458 | 58.94% | 4,415 | 40.29% | 84 | 0.77% | 2,043 | 18.65% | 10,957 |
| Franklin | 14,048 | 63.21% | 8,002 | 36.01% | 173 | 0.78% | 6,046 | 27.20% | 22,223 |
| Franklin City | 1,613 | 45.62% | 1,910 | 54.02% | 13 | 0.37% | -297 | -8.40% | 3,536 |
| Frederick | 19,386 | 67.93% | 8,853 | 31.02% | 301 | 1.05% | 10,533 | 36.91% | 28,540 |
| Fredericksburg | 3,390 | 44.95% | 4,085 | 54.16% | 67 | 0.89% | -695 | -9.21% | 7,542 |
| Galax | 1,336 | 57.22% | 987 | 42.27% | 12 | 0.51% | 349 | 14.95% | 2,335 |
| Giles | 4,320 | 57.62% | 3,047 | 40.64% | 131 | 1.75% | 1,273 | 16.98% | 7,498 |
| Gloucester | 11,084 | 67.86% | 5,105 | 31.26% | 144 | 0.88% | 5,979 | 36.60% | 16,333 |
| Goochland | 6,668 | 64.50% | 3,583 | 34.66% | 87 | 0.84% | 3,085 | 29.84% | 10,338 |
| Grayson | 4,655 | 65.22% | 2,430 | 34.05% | 52 | 0.73% | 2,225 | 31.17% | 7,137 |
| Greene | 4,570 | 65.86% | 2,240 | 32.28% | 129 | 1.86% | 2,330 | 33.58% | 6,939 |
| Greensville | 1,732 | 40.68% | 2,514 | 59.04% | 12 | 0.28% | -782 | -18.36% | 4,258 |
| Halifax | 8,363 | 57.06% | 6,220 | 42.44% | 73 | 0.50% | 2,143 | 14.62% | 14,656 |
| Hampton | 23,399 | 41.98% | 32,016 | 57.44% | 326 | 0.58% | -8,617 | -15.46% | 55,741 |
| Hanover | 35,404 | 71.36% | 13,941 | 28.10% | 266 | 0.54% | 21,463 | 43.26% | 49,611 |
| Harrisonburg | 6,165 | 55.89% | 4,726 | 42.85% | 139 | 1.26% | 1,439 | 13.04% | 11,030 |
| Henrico | 71,809 | 53.82% | 60,864 | 45.62% | 745 | 0.56% | 10,945 | 8.20% | 133,418 |
| Henry | 13,358 | 56.94% | 9,851 | 41.99% | 249 | 1.06% | 3,507 | 14.95% | 23,458 |
| Highland | 982 | 64.61% | 522 | 34.34% | 16 | 1.05% | 460 | 30.27% | 1,520 |
| Hopewell | 4,251 | 53.57% | 3,573 | 45.02% | 112 | 1.41% | 678 | 8.55% | 7,936 |
| Isle of Wight | 9,929 | 62.56% | 5,871 | 36.99% | 71 | 0.45% | 4,058 | 25.57% | 15,871 |
| James City | 18,949 | 60.95% | 11,934 | 38.39% | 207 | 0.67% | 7,015 | 22.56% | 31,090 |
| King and Queen | 1,737 | 52.86% | 1,506 | 45.83% | 43 | 1.31% | 231 | 7.03% | 3,286 |
| King George | 5,124 | 64.69% | 2,739 | 34.58% | 58 | 0.73% | 2,385 | 30.11% | 7,921 |
| King William | 4,397 | 63.98% | 2,436 | 35.45% | 39 | 0.57% | 1,961 | 28.53% | 6,872 |
| Lancaster | 3,724 | 59.78% | 2,477 | 39.76% | 29 | 0.47% | 1,247 | 20.02% | 6,230 |
| Lee | 5,664 | 57.97% | 4,005 | 40.99% | 101 | 1.03% | 1,659 | 16.98% | 9,770 |
| Lexington | 982 | 41.81% | 1,340 | 57.05% | 27 | 1.15% | -358 | -15.24% | 2,349 |
| Loudoun | 60,382 | 55.69% | 47,271 | 43.60% | 777 | 0.72% | 13,111 | 12.09% | 108,430 |
| Louisa | 7,083 | 58.85% | 4,844 | 40.25% | 108 | 0.90% | 2,239 | 18.60% | 12,035 |
| Lunenburg | 2,858 | 54.49% | 2,362 | 45.03% | 25 | 0.48% | 496 | 9.46% | 5,245 |
| Lynchburg | 14,400 | 54.67% | 11,727 | 44.52% | 213 | 0.81% | 2,673 | 10.15% | 26,340 |
| Madison | 3,556 | 61.61% | 2,176 | 37.70% | 40 | 0.69% | 1,380 | 23.91% | 5,772 |
| Manassas | 7,257 | 56.24% | 5,562 | 43.11% | 84 | 0.65% | 1,695 | 13.13% | 12,903 |
| Manassas Park | 1,807 | 54.23% | 1,498 | 44.96% | 27 | 0.81% | 309 | 9.27% | 3,332 |
| Martinsville | 2,538 | 45.30% | 3,036 | 54.19% | 29 | 0.52% | -498 | -8.89% | 5,603 |
| Mathews | 3,497 | 68.18% | 1,589 | 30.98% | 43 | 0.84% | 1,908 | 37.20% | 5,129 |
| Mecklenburg | 7,319 | 57.27% | 5,293 | 41.42% | 168 | 1.31% | 2,026 | 15.85% | 12,780 |
| Middlesex | 3,336 | 62.04% | 1,914 | 35.60% | 127 | 2.36% | 1,422 | 26.44% | 5,377 |
| Montgomery | 17,070 | 54.16% | 14,128 | 44.83% | 317 | 1.01% | 2,942 | 9.33% | 31,515 |
| Nelson | 3,539 | 49.57% | 3,543 | 49.63% | 57 | 0.80% | -4 | -0.06% | 7,139 |
| New Kent | 5,414 | 68.13% | 2,443 | 30.75% | 89 | 1.12% | 2,971 | 37.38% | 7,946 |
| Newport News | 32,208 | 47.40% | 35,319 | 51.98% | 425 | 0.63% | -3,111 | -4.58% | 67,952 |
| Norfolk | 26,401 | 37.41% | 43,518 | 61.67% | 651 | 0.92% | -17,117 | -24.26% | 70,570 |
| Northampton | 2,669 | 48.54% | 2,775 | 50.46% | 55 | 1.00% | -106 | -1.92% | 5,499 |
| Northumberland | 3,832 | 59.79% | 2,548 | 39.76% | 29 | 0.45% | 1,284 | 20.03% | 6,409 |
| Norton | 768 | 51.06% | 725 | 48.20% | 11 | 0.73% | 43 | 2.86% | 1,504 |
| Nottoway | 3,303 | 54.78% | 2,635 | 43.70% | 92 | 1.53% | 668 | 11.08% | 6,030 |
| Orange | 7,749 | 59.94% | 5,015 | 38.79% | 164 | 1.27% | 2,734 | 21.15% | 12,928 |
| Page | 6,221 | 64.78% | 3,324 | 34.61% | 58 | 0.60% | 2,897 | 30.17% | 9,603 |
| Patrick | 5,507 | 67.04% | 2,572 | 31.31% | 136 | 1.66% | 2,935 | 35.73% | 8,215 |
| Petersburg | 2,238 | 18.73% | 9,682 | 81.03% | 29 | 0.24% | -7,444 | -62.30% | 11,949 |
| Pittsylvania | 17,673 | 64.46% | 9,274 | 33.83% | 470 | 1.71% | 8,399 | 30.63% | 27,417 |
| Poquoson | 5,004 | 77.22% | 1,424 | 21.98% | 52 | 0.80% | 3,580 | 55.24% | 6,480 |
| Portsmouth | 15,212 | 38.48% | 24,112 | 60.99% | 210 | 0.53% | -8,900 | -22.51% | 39,534 |
| Powhatan | 8,955 | 73.62% | 3,112 | 25.59% | 96 | 0.79% | 5,843 | 48.03% | 12,163 |
| Prince Edward | 3,571 | 48.81% | 3,632 | 49.64% | 113 | 1.54% | -61 | -0.83% | 7,316 |
| Prince George | 8,131 | 61.35% | 5,066 | 38.22% | 57 | 0.43% | 3,065 | 23.13% | 13,254 |
| Prince William | 69,776 | 52.84% | 61,271 | 46.40% | 1,016 | 0.77% | 8,505 | 6.44% | 132,063 |
| Pulaski | 8,769 | 61.53% | 5,310 | 37.26% | 172 | 1.21% | 3,459 | 24.27% | 14,251 |
| Radford | 2,564 | 52.92% | 2,244 | 46.32% | 37 | 0.76% | 320 | 6.60% | 4,845 |
| Rappahannock | 2,172 | 53.63% | 1,837 | 45.36% | 41 | 1.01% | 335 | 8.27% | 4,050 |
| Richmond | 2,082 | 61.95% | 1,243 | 36.98% | 36 | 1.07% | 839 | 24.97% | 3,361 |
| Richmond City | 21,637 | 29.11% | 52,167 | 70.19% | 521 | 0.70% | -30,530 | -41.08% | 74,325 |
| Roanoke | 30,596 | 65.14% | 16,082 | 34.24% | 295 | 0.63% | 14,514 | 30.90% | 46,973 |
| Roanoke City | 16,661 | 46.28% | 18,862 | 52.39% | 477 | 1.33% | -2,201 | -6.11% | 36,000 |
| Rockbridge | 5,412 | 58.95% | 3,627 | 39.51% | 142 | 1.55% | 1,785 | 19.44% | 9,181 |
| Rockingham | 21,737 | 74.40% | 7,273 | 24.89% | 206 | 0.71% | 14,464 | 49.51% | 29,216 |
| Russell | 6,077 | 53.20% | 5,167 | 45.23% | 179 | 1.57% | 910 | 7.97% | 11,423 |
| Salem | 7,115 | 61.96% | 4,254 | 37.04% | 115 | 1.00% | 2,861 | 24.92% | 11,484 |
| Scott | 6,479 | 65.00% | 3,324 | 33.35% | 164 | 1.65% | 3,155 | 31.65% | 9,967 |
| Shenandoah | 11,820 | 68.94% | 5,186 | 30.25% | 140 | 0.82% | 6,634 | 38.69% | 17,146 |
| Smyth | 7,906 | 64.18% | 4,143 | 33.63% | 270 | 2.19% | 3,763 | 30.55% | 12,319 |
| Southampton | 4,018 | 53.63% | 3,431 | 45.80% | 43 | 0.57% | 587 | 7.83% | 7,492 |
| Spotsylvania | 28,527 | 62.77% | 16,623 | 36.58% | 295 | 0.65% | 11,904 | 26.19% | 45,445 |
| Stafford | 28,500 | 61.98% | 17,208 | 37.42% | 278 | 0.60% | 11,292 | 24.56% | 45,986 |
| Staunton | 5,805 | 60.29% | 3,756 | 39.01% | 68 | 0.71% | 2,049 | 21.28% | 9,629 |
| Suffolk | 16,763 | 52.08% | 15,233 | 47.32% | 193 | 0.60% | 1,530 | 4.76% | 32,189 |
| Surry | 1,543 | 43.81% | 1,954 | 55.48% | 25 | 0.71% | -411 | -11.67% | 3,522 |
| Sussex | 1,890 | 43.50% | 2,420 | 55.70% | 35 | 0.81% | -530 | -12.20% | 4,345 |
| Tazewell | 10,039 | 57.43% | 7,184 | 41.10% | 257 | 1.47% | 2,855 | 16.33% | 17,480 |
| Virginia Beach | 103,752 | 59.06% | 70,666 | 40.22% | 1,269 | 0.72% | 33,086 | 18.84% | 175,687 |
| Warren | 8,600 | 61.13% | 5,241 | 37.25% | 227 | 1.61% | 3,359 | 23.88% | 14,068 |
| Washington | 14,749 | 65.51% | 7,339 | 32.60% | 426 | 1.89% | 7,410 | 32.91% | 22,514 |
| Waynesboro | 5,092 | 63.95% | 2,792 | 35.06% | 79 | 0.99% | 2,300 | 28.89% | 7,963 |
| Westmoreland | 3,433 | 50.13% | 3,370 | 49.21% | 45 | 0.66% | 63 | 0.92% | 6,848 |
| Williamsburg | 2,064 | 47.78% | 2,216 | 51.30% | 40 | 0.93% | -152 | -3.52% | 4,320 |
| Winchester | 5,283 | 56.55% | 3,967 | 42.46% | 93 | 1.00% | 1,316 | 14.09% | 9,343 |
| Wise | 8,330 | 58.20% | 5,802 | 40.54% | 180 | 1.26% | 2,528 | 17.66% | 14,312 |
| Wythe | 7,911 | 68.47% | 3,581 | 30.99% | 62 | 0.54% | 4,330 | 37.48% | 11,554 |
| York | 19,396 | 64.91% | 10,276 | 34.39% | 208 | 0.70% | 9,120 | 30.52% | 29,880 |
| Totals | 1,716,959 | 53.68% | 1,454,742 | 45.48% | 26,666 | 0.84% | 262,217 | 8.20% | 3,198,367 |

#### Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Caroline (largest municipality: Bowling Green)
* Russell (largest municipality: Lebanon)
* Southampton (largest municipality: Courtland)
* Norton (independent city)
* Suffolk (independent city)

#### Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Albemarle (largest municipality: Scottsville)
* Fairfax (largest municipality: Herndon)
* Nelson (largest municipality: Nellysford)
* Prince Edward (largest municipality: Farmville)
* Danville (independent city)
* Fairfax (independent city)
* Williamsburg (independent city)

### By congressional district

Bush won nine of 11 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.
| District | Bush | Kerry | Representative |
| 1st | 60% | 39% | Jo Ann Davis |
| 2nd | 58% | 42% | Thelma Drake |
| 3rd | 33% | 66% | Bobby Scott |
| 4th | 57% | 43% | Randy Forbes |
| 5th | 56% | 43% | Virgil Goode |
| 6th | 63% | 36% | Bob Goodlatte |
| 7th | 61% | 38% | Eric Cantor |
| 8th | 35% | 64% | Jim Moran |
| 9th | 59% | 39% | Rick Boucher |
| 10th | 55% | 44% | Frank Wolf |
| 11th | 50% | 49% | Thomas M. Davis |

## Electors

Technically the voters of Virginia cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Virginia is allocated 13 electors because it has 11 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 13 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 13 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 13 were pledged for Bush/Cheney:
* Yvonne McGee McCoy
* Loretta H. Tate
* Theodore C. Brown
* Woodrow Harris
* Keith C. Drake
* Wendell S. Walker
* Peter E. Broadbent
* Sean Michael Spicer
* Lloyd C. Martin
* Dorothy L. Simpson
* Carlton John Davis
* Charles E. Dane
* Rebecca Anne Stoeckel