2004 Presidential Election by State

The Green Papers: General Election 2004

2004 Presidential Election
by State

41 parties (or designations) running candidates for the Presidency

Democrat - 51 jurisdictions
Republican - 51 jurisdictions
Libertarian - 45 jurisdictions
Green - 26 jurisdictions
Write-In - 24 jurisdictions
Constitution - 23 jurisdictions
--scatter-- - 19 jurisdictions
Independent - 18 jurisdictions
Socialist Workers - 11 jurisdictions
Reform - 5 jurisdictions
The Better Life - 4 jurisdictions
Populist - 3 jurisdictions
Socialist Equality - 3 jurisdictions
Socialist - 3 jurisdictions
By Petition - 2 jurisdictions
Independence - 2 jurisdictions
Natural Law - 2 jurisdictions
Prohibition - 2 jurisdictions
Unaffiliated - 2 jurisdictions
Workers World - 2 jurisdictions
Alaska Independence - 1 jurisdiction
American Constitution - 1 jurisdiction
American Independent - 1 jurisdiction
Christian Freedom - 1 jurisdiction
Concerned Citizens - 1 jurisdiction
Concerns of People - 1 jurisdiction
Conservative - 1 jurisdiction
Green Independent - 1 jurisdiction
Independent American - 1 jurisdiction
Liberty Union - 1 jurisdiction
Nebraska - 1 jurisdiction
No Party Affiliation - 1 jurisdiction
No Party Designation - 1 jurisdiction
Peace and Freedom - 1 jurisdiction
Peace and Justice - 1 jurisdiction
Personal Choice - 1 jurisdiction
Protecting Working Families - 1 jurisdiction
United Citizens - 1 jurisdiction
United States Taxpayers - 1 jurisdiction
Working Families - 1 jurisdiction
other-party candidate - 1 jurisdiction

Name	Electoral Vote	Popular Vote		Party(ies)	Ballot Access (possible electoral vote)		Total possible electoral vote
Name	Electoral Vote	Popular Vote		Party(ies)	printed	write-in	Total possible electoral vote
James Alexander-Pace		5	0.00%	Write-In		1 (15)	15
Deborah Elaine Allen		92	0.00%	Write-In		1 (34)	34
Gene Amondson		1,944	0.00%	Concerns of People, Prohibition	2 (18)		18
Stanford E. "Andy" Andress		804	0.00%	Unaffiliated	1 (9)		9
Michael Badnarik		397,265	0.32%	Libertarian, Independent, Write-In, other-party candidate	49 (527)	1 (4)	531
Lawson Mitchell Bone		12	0.00%	Write-In		7 (71)	71
Robert Abraham Boyle, II		1	0.00%	Write-In		1 (10)	10
JoAnn Breivogel		1	0.00%	Write-In		1 (21)	21
Theodis "Ted" Brown, Sr.		4	0.00%	Write-In		1 (10)	10
Walter F. Brown		10,822	0.01%	Socialist, Natural Law, Write-In, Protecting Working Families, Independent, United Citizens	8 (98)	9 (109)	207
President George W. Bush	286	62,028,285	50.70%	Republican, Conservative	51 (538)		538
David C. Byrne		7	0.00%	Write-In		1 (15)	15
Roger Calero		3,689	0.00%	Write-In, Socialist Workers, By Petition, Independent	5 (64)	1 (7)	71
Peter M. Camejo		115	0.00%	Write-In		1 (21)	21
Robert M. Christensen		1	0.00%	Write-In		1 (21)	21
Wesley Clark		14	0.00%	Write-In		1 (4)	4
David Keith Cobb		119,859	0.10%	Green, Write-In, Green Independent, Independent	28 (286)	14 (201)	487
David Cook		2	0.00%	Write-In		1 (21)	21
Howard Dean		42	0.00%	Write-In		1 (4)	4
Earl Farwell Dodge		140	0.00%	Prohibition	1 (9)		9
Richard A. Duncan		17	0.00%	Write-In		1 (20)	20
John Edwards	1	5	0.00%	Democrat, Write-In	1 (10)	1 (4)	14
Andrew J. Falk		219	0.00%	Write-In		1 (34)	34
Joy Elaina Graham-Pendergast		1	0.00%	Write-In		1 (10)	10
Robert Edward Haines		0		Write-In		1 (5)	5
Michael Halpin		4	0.00%	Write-In		1 (31)	31
Thomas J. Harens		2,387	0.00%	Christian Freedom	1 (10)		10
James Harris		7,433	0.01%	Socialist Workers, Independent, Write-In	9 (87)	1 (20)	107
Jackie Hayward		0		Write-In		1 (5)	5
Anthony Jabin		1	0.00%	Write-In		1 (55)	55
Charles Jay		946	0.00%	Personal Choice	1 (5)		5
Keith Russell Judd		0		Write-In		3 (14)	14
John Joseph Kennedy		1,000	0.00%	Write-In		13 (216)	216
Senator John Kerry	251	59,028,109	48.25%	Democrat, Working Families	51 (538)		538
Dennis Kucinich		8	0.00%	Write-In		1 (4)	4
David Dale Larson		0		Write-In		1 (5)	5
John McCain		357	0.00%	Write-In		1 (4)	4
Reverend Merepeace-msmere		1	0.00%	Write-In		1 (4)	4
Ralph Nader		465,149	0.38%	Populist, Independent, Write-In, Reform, No Party Designation, By Petition, The Better Life, No Party Affiliation, Independence, Peace and Justice, Unaffiliated	35 (278)	12 (222)	500
James Alexander Pace		8	0.00%	Write-In		1 (55)	55
John Thompson Parker		1,646	0.00%	Write-In, Workers World, Liberty Union	3 (18)	2 (75)	93
Leonard Peltier		27,607	0.02%	Peace and Freedom	1 (55)		55
Michael Anthony Peroutka		143,630	0.12%	Alaska Independence, Independent, Constitution, American Independent, American Constitution, Concerned Citizens, Write-In, United States Taxpayers, Nebraska, Independent American, other-party candidate	36 (353)	6 (110)	463
Wesley Powell		14	0.00%	Write-In		1 (4)	4
Debra Joyce Renderos		2	0.00%	Write-In		1 (10)	10
Joe Schriner		142	0.00%	Write-In		4 (39)	39
Joseph Spence		1	0.00%	Write-In		1 (13)	13
Lawrence Rey Topham		2	0.00%	Write-In		1 (5)	5
Tom Trancredo		26	0.00%	Write-In		1 (15)	15
Margaret Trowe		1	0.00%	Write-In		1 (21)	21
Bill Van Auken		1,857	0.00%	Socialist Equality, By Petition, Write-In, Independent	5 (52)	2 (37)	89
Ernest Viag		4	0.00%	Write-In		1 (21)	21
Nancy Warrick		0		Write-In		2 (9)	9
Martin Wishnatsky		11	0.00%	Write-In		2 (13)	13
Thomas F. Zych		11	0.00%	Write-In		1 (20)	20
All others		7,028	0.01%	--scatter--		1 (12)	12
Blank, Void, Scattering		57,230	0.05%	--scatter--		1 (31)	31
Misc.		8,956	0.01%	--scatter--		1 (7)	7
None Of These Candidates		3,688	0.00%	--scatter--		1 (5)	5
Other Write-Ins		2,440	0.00%	--scatter--		1 (10)	10
Others		4	0.00%	--scatter--		1 (4)	4
Presidential Write-Ins		480	0.00%	--scatter--		1 (3)	3
Scatter		538	0.00%	--scatter--		1 (4)	4
Scattered		1,170	0.00%	--scatter--		1 (21)	21
Scattering		2,986	0.00%	--scatter--		1 (10)	10
WRITE-IN		845	0.00%	--scatter--		1 (4)	4
Write Ins		2,952	0.00%	--scatter--		1 (13)	13
Write in, if any		506	0.00%	--scatter--		1 (3)	3
Write-In Votes		1,094	0.00%	--scatter--		1 (7)	7
Write-In		931	0.00%	--scatter--		1 (5)	5
Write-in (Miscellaneous)		4,209	0.00%	--scatter--		3 (22)	22
Write-in Votes		957	0.00%	--scatter--		1 (3)	3
Totals	538	122,339,717	100.0%				538

30 October 2004 Update

This is a list of candidates and their state ballot access status. Write-in candidates, that is, those whose name does not appear on the printed ballot, are so noted.

Two candidates obtained ballot access in all 51 jurisdictions (50 states and the District of Columbia) totalling 538 electoral votes:

Senator John Kerry (Democrat)
President George W. Bush (Republican)

Four other candidates have obtained ballot access in a sufficient number of states to theoretically win the Presidency with 270 electoral votes.

Michael Badnarik (Libertarian) is on the ballot in 49 jurisdictions. He did NOT make the ballot in New Hampshire and Oklahoma.
David Cobb (Green) is on the ballot in 28 jurisdictions.
Ralph Nader (Independent / Reform) is on the ballot in 35 jurisdictions.
Michael Anthony Peroutka (Constitution / U.S. Taxpayers) is on the ballot in 36 jurisdictions. In addition to what is listed below, the Constitution Party reports that they have official write-in status in Illinois, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, and Wisconsin.

Ballot Access References
Ballot Access News
Libertarian Party (Badnarik/Campagna)
Constitution Party (Peroutka/Baldwin)
Nader / Camejo 2004

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Colorado 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 9 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Socialist Equality	329	0.02%	Bill Van Auken • Vice President Jim Lawrence Slogan: Socialist Equality Party
Total		2,130,330	100.00%

Iowa 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 7 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	By Petition	176	0.01%	Bill Van Auken • Vice President Jim Lawrence Socialist Equality Party
Total		1,506,908	100.00%

Kansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 6 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Write-In	5	0.00%	Bill Van Auken
Total		1,187,756	100.00%

Minnesota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 10 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Socialist Equality	539	0.02%	Bill Van Auken • Vice President Jim Lawrence
Total		2,828,387	100.00%

New Jersey 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 15 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Independent	575	0.02%	Bill Van Auken • Vice President: Jim Lawrence Slogan: Socialist Equality Party
Total		3,611,691	100.00%

New York 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 31 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Write-In	2	0.00%	Bill Van Auken • Vote totals for candidates with multiple appearances on the ballot: Kerry / Edwards: 4,314,280 Bush / Cheney: 2,962,567 Nader appears on the ballot twice with two different Vice Presidential Candidates.
Total		7,448,266	100.00%

Washington 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 11 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Socialist Equality	231	0.01%	Bill Van Auken • Vice President: Jim Lawrence
Total		2,859,084	100.00%