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| 2 | 2004 United States presidential election - Results |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Running mate | Running mate | Running mate |
| 4 | Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Count | Percentage | Electoral vote | Vice-presidential candidate | - | - |
| 5 | George Walker Bush | Republican | Texas | 62,040,610 | 50.73% | 286 | Richard Bruce Cheney | Wyoming | 286 |
| 6 | John Forbes Kerry | Democratic | Massachusetts | 59,028,444 | 48.27% | 251 | John Reid Edwards | North Carolina | 251 |
| 7 | John Edwards(a) | Democratic | North Carolina | - | - | 1 | John Reid Edwards | North Carolina | 1 |
| 8 | Ralph Nader | Independent | Connecticut | 465,650 | 0.38% | 0 | Peter Camejo | California | 0 |
| 9 | Michael Badnarik | Libertarian | Texas | 397,265 | 0.32% | 0 | Richard Campagna | Iowa | 0 |
| 10 | Michael Peroutka | Constitution | Maryland | 143,630 | 0.12% | 0 | Chuck Baldwin | Florida | 0 |
| 11 | David Cobb | Green | Texas | 119,859 | 0.10% | 0 | Pat LaMarche | Maine | 0 |
| 12 | Leonard Peltier | Peace and Freedom | Pennsylvania | 27,607 | 0.02% | 0 | Janice Jordan | California | 0 |
| 13 | Walt Brown | Socialist | Oregon | 10,837 | 0.01% | 0 | Mary Alice Herbert | Vermont | 0 |
| 14 | Róger Calero(b) | Socialist Workers | New York | 3,689 | 0.01% | 0 | Arrin Hawkins(b) | Minnesota | 0 |
| 15 | Thomas Harens | Christian Freedom | Minnesota | 2,387 | 0.002% | 0 | Jennifer Ryan | Minnesota | 0 |
| 16 | Other | Other | Other | 50,652 | 0.04% | — | Other | Other | — |
| 17 | Total | Total | Total | 122,295,345 | 100% | 538 | - | - | 538 |
| 18 | Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | 270 | - | - | 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.