2004 General Election

The Green Papers: 2004 General Election

2004 Primary, Runoff,
and General Elections

Presidential Electors:	538
Governors:	50
Senators:	100
Representatives:	435
2000 Census:	281,998,273
Estimated Voting age population (2000):	205,815,000
Registered Voters (2000):	156,421,311

Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Marianas Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

2004 General Election for President, Governors, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House

AK AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY

2 November 2004 General Election Results (undetermined = to be elected)

President Electoral Votes - 270 to win
Bush		286
Kerry		251
Edwards		1
Total		538

Electoral Vote Breakdown
Bush: AK:3, AL:9, AR:6, AZ:10, CO:9, FL:27, GA:15, IA:7, ID:4, IN:11, KS:6, KY:8, LA:9, MO:11, MS:6, MT:3, NC:15, ND:3, NE:5, NM:5, NV:5, OH:20, OK:7, SC:8, SD:3, TN:11, TX:34, UT:5, VA:13, WV:5, WY:3
Kerry: CA:55, CT:7, DC:3, DE:3, HI:4, IL:21, MA:12, MD:10, ME:4, MI:17, MN:9, NH:4, NJ:15, NY:31, OR:7, PA:21, RI:4, VT:3, WA:11, WI:10
Edwards: MN:1

Governors
Republicans		28
Democrats		22
Total		50

Senate
Republicans		55
Democrats		44
Independent		1
Total		100

109^th House
Republicans		232
Democrats		202
Independent		1
Total		435

2004 Incumbents (going into the 2 November 2004 General Election)

Governors
Republicans		28
Democrats		22
Total		50

Senate
Republicans		51
Democrats		48
Independent		1
Total		100

108^th House
Republicans		227
Democrats		205
(vacant offices)		2
Independent		1
Total		435

Electoral College

WHAT ARE THEY ALL DOING, ANYWAY?
an historical analysis of the Electoral College
Electoral College Numbers
State by state elector allocation, population (2000 census), percentage of total electors, percentage of total US population
Appointment of 2004 Electors
Place and Time of Meeting Place (Monday 13 December 2004)
Duly Appointed Presidential Electors
Counting and Tabulation of the Electoral Vote by Congress (6 January 2005)
May Electors Defect?
THE "FAITHLESS ELECTORS" - Presidential Electors who have defected in the past

POSTCARDS FROM A NEW 'CONFEDERACY' The deeper meanings gleaned from the results of Election 2004 by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff

2004 Presidential Concession and Victory Speeches

Democratic Senator John F. Kerry / Republican President George W. Bush

Wednesday 3 November 2004

PREVIEW: GENERAL ELECTION 2004. An hour-by-hour "guide" to what to watch for as the returns come in

Contests to Watch and Polling Data

A digest of possible 2 November 2004 outcomes for the Presidency, Senate, House, Governors, and statewide races.

Commentary

SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE
Some thoughts on Colorado's plan to divide its 2004 Electoral Vote

by Richard E. Berg-Andersson, TheGreenPapers.com Staff

2004 Presidential Primary, Caucus and Convention Phase

13 January 2004 to 2 September 2004

2004 Primary and Runoff Elections

Alphabetically

Chronologically

Poll Closing Times

2 November Poll Closing Times

Alphabetically

Electoral College Chronologically

2004 Partisan Composition by State

Governors

All-up chart of Governors' by election 'cycle'

Open seats (retirement, seeking other office, etc.)

Incumbents who lost bid for renomiation

Gubernatorial Primaries at a Glance

Governors by Region and Subregion

Senate

All-up chart of Senators by 'Class'

Open seats (retirement, seeking other office, etc.)

United States Senate "Electoral Classes"

Incumbents who lost bid for renomiation

Senatorial Primaries at a Glance

Senate Seats by Region and Subregion

108^th House (2003-2004)

Open seats (retirement, seeking other office, etc.)

Incumbents who lost bid for renomiation

Vacant seats (resigned, deceased, expelled)

All-up Governor's Chairs, Senate and House Seats up for election on 2 November 2004 ...

Open (incumbent not running for re-election)

No incumbent running

Uncontested (one candidate running)

Multiple incumbents running

Presidential Party Strength

Relative Political Party Strength / Sectional and Regional Politics in Presidential Elections

1972-2000 Presidential Election State Voting Trends

2004 Congressional Districts

Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates

The debates begin at 9PM Eastern Daylight time and are open to candidates who (1) are constitutionally eligible to hold the office of President, (2) have achieved ballot access in a sufficient number of states to win 270 electoral votes, and (3) are polling at 15% in select national polls. The 8 October Town Hall Meeting participants are likely to be undecided voters selected by the Gallup Organization from the metropolitan area of the debate cities. Reference: http://www.debates.org.

Date	Debate	Topic/Format	Scoring	Location
Thursday 30 September	First Presidential	Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security	Kerry: 173 Bush: 162	University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
Tuesday 5 October	Vice Presidential		Cheney: 190 Edwards: 185	Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Friday 8 October	Second Presidential	Town Hall Meeting Format	Kerry: 177 Bush: 165	Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Wednesday 13 October	Third Presidential	Domestic and Economic Policy	Kerry: 181 Bush: 180	Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.