2004 United States presidential election in Minnesota

2004 United States presidential election in Minnesota

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Turnout78.77%[1] Increase
 
Nominee John Kerry George W. Bush
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Home state Massachusetts Texas
Running mate John Edwards Dick Cheney
Electoral vote 9[a] 0
Popular vote 1,445,014 1,346,695
Percentage 51.09% 47.61%


President before election

George W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2004 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 2, 2004, as part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Minnesota was won by Democratic nominee John Kerry by a 3.5% margin of victory. Prior to the election, most news organizations considered it as a major swing state in 2004 based on pre-election polling. The state is historically a blue state, as the last Republican to carry the state in a presidential election was Richard Nixon in 1972. However, in 2000 Al Gore carried the state with just 48% of the vote, by a margin of just 2.4%. In 2004, Minnesota was the only state to split its electoral votes, as a faithless elector pledged to Kerry cast a ballot for John Edwards (written as John Ewards), his running mate.

  1. ^ "Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State". www.sos.state.mn.us. Retrieved July 22, 2017.


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