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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Arizona 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.
	Write-In	2,773	0.14%	Ralph Nader • Vice President Peter Miguel Camejo
	Write-In	138	0.01%	David Keith Cobb • Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat" LaMarche Green Party
Total		2,012,585	100.00%

California 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 55 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Write-In	20,714	0.17%	Ralph Nader • Note: The California SoS reports 20,714 votes for Nader while the Federal Elections Commission reports 19,218 votes for Nader.
	Write-In	82	0.00%	John Joseph Kennedy
	Write-In	49	0.00%	John Thompson Parker
	Write-In	8	0.00%	James Alexander Pace
	Write-In	1	0.00%	Anthony Jabin • The California Secretrary of State also lists 169,510 "Votes not cast".
Total		12,421,353	100.00%

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.
	Write-In	700	0.03%	John Joseph Kennedy • Vice President: Daniel Robert Rezac Note: The Federal Election Commission records these votes as "Write-in (Miscellaneous)".
Total		2,130,330	100.00%

Connecticut 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.
	Write-In	12	0.00%	Roger Calero • Vice President: Arrin Hawkins
Total		1,578,769	100.00%

Georgia 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.
	Write-In	2,231	0.07%	Ralph Nader • Independent / Reform Party
	Write-In	580	0.02%	Michael Anthony Peroutka • Constitution Party
	Write-In	228	0.01%	David Keith Cobb • The Green Party
	Write-In	26	0.00%	Tom Trancredo
	Write-In	8	0.00%	John Joseph Kennedy
	Write-In	7	0.00%	David C. Byrne
	Write-In	5	0.00%	James Alexander-Pace
	Write-In	0	0.00%	Lawson Mitchell Bone
Total		3,301,875	100.00%

Idaho 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 4 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Write-In	1,115	0.19%	Ralph Nader • Independent write-in
	Write-In	58	0.01%	David Keith Cobb • Green
	Write-In	9	0.00%	John Joseph Kennedy • Democrat
	Write-In	3	0.00%	Walter F. Brown • Socialist
	Write-In	1	0.00%	Reverend Merepeace-msmere • MerePeace
	Write-In	0	0.00%	Lawson Mitchell Bone • Independent
	Write-In	0	0.00%	Keith Russell Judd • Independent
	Write-In	0	0.00%	Joe Schriner • Independent
	Write-In	0	0.00%	Nancy Warrick • Republican
Total		598,447	100.00%

Illinois 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 21 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Write-In	3,571	0.07%	Ralph Nader • Vice President: Peter Miguel Camejo
	Write-In	440	0.01%	Michael Anthony Peroutka
	Write-In	241	0.00%	David Keith Cobb
	Write-In	115	0.00%	Peter M. Camejo • Ralph Nader's running mate.
	Write-In	4	0.00%	Lawson Mitchell Bone
	Write-In	4	0.00%	John Joseph Kennedy
	Write-In	4	0.00%	Ernest Viag
	Write-In	2	0.00%	David Cook
	Write-In	1	0.00%	JoAnn Breivogel
	Write-In	1	0.00%	Robert M. Christensen
	Write-In	1	0.00%	Margaret Trowe
Total		5,274,322	100.00%

Indiana 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.
	Write-In	1,328	0.05%	Ralph Nader • Vice President: Peter Miguel Camejo Party: Independent
	Write-In	102	0.00%	David Keith Cobb • Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat" LaMarche Party: Green
	Write-In	37	0.00%	John Joseph Kennedy • Party: Democrat
	Write-In	22	0.00%	Walter F. Brown • Vice President: Mary Alice Herbert Socialist
	Write-In	6	0.00%	Lawson Mitchell Bone
Total		2,468,002	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	33	0.00%	David Keith Cobb
	Write-In	5	0.00%	John Joseph Kennedy
	Write-In	5	0.00%	Bill Van Auken
	Write-In	4	0.00%	Walter F. Brown
Total		1,187,756	100.00%

Maryland 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.
	Write-In	27	0.00%	Joe Schriner
	Write-In	7	0.00%	John Joseph Kennedy • Party: Democratic
	Write-In	4	0.00%	Theodis "Ted" Brown, Sr. • Party: Unaffiliated
	Write-In	2	0.00%	Lawson Mitchell Bone • Party: Unaffiliated
	Write-In	1	0.00%	Robert Abraham Boyle, II • Party: Unaffiliated
Total		2,386,678	100.00%

Massachusetts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 12 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Write-In	4,806	0.17%	Ralph Nader • Vice President: David Cobb. Running as an Independent Write-In. The Elections Division reports 15,067 blank ballots.
Total		2,912,388	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.
	Write-In	4	0.00%	John Joseph Kennedy • Vice President: Daniel Robert Rezac
	Write-In	2	0.00%	Walter F. Brown • Vice President: Mary Alice Herbert Socialist Party
	Write-In	2	0.00%	Debra Joyce Renderos • Vice President: Oscar Rendoros Castillo
	Write-In	2	0.00%	Martin Wishnatsky • Vice President: Andrew Vanyo
	Write-In	1	0.00%	Joy Elaina Graham-Pendergast • Vice President: Ronald M. Lefeber
Total		2,828,387	100.00%

Missouri 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.
	Write-In	1,294	0.05%	Ralph Nader
Total		2,731,364	100.00%

New Hampshire 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 4 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Write-In	372	0.05%	Michael Badnarik • Libertarian
	Write-In	357	0.05%	John McCain • Republican Senator Arizona
	Write-In	161	0.02%	Michael Anthony Peroutka • Note: The candidate's name is spelt "Michaek Peroutka" on the STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTIONS DIVISION's website.
	Write-In	42	0.01%	Howard Dean • Former Democratic Presidential candidate and former Governor of Vermont
	Write-In	14	0.00%	Wesley Clark • Former Democratic Presidential Candidate
	Write-In	14	0.00%	Wesley Powell
	Write-In	8	0.00%	Dennis Kucinich • Former Democratic Presidential Candidate
	Write-In	5	0.00%	John Edwards • Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate
Total		677,738	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	207	0.00%	Michael Anthony Peroutka • Official Write-In Candidate for President
	Write-In	87	0.00%	David Keith Cobb • Official Write-In Candidate for President
	Write-In	4	0.00%	Michael Halpin • Official Write-In Candidate for President
	Write-In	4	0.00%	John Joseph Kennedy • Official Write-In Candidate for President
	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%

North Carolina 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.
	Write-In	1,805	0.05%	Ralph Nader • Vice President: Peter Camejo
	Write-In	348	0.01%	Walter F. Brown • Vice President: Mary Alice Herbert Socialist
	Write-In	108	0.00%	David Keith Cobb • Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat" LaMarche Green
Total		3,501,007	100.00%

North Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 3 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Write-In	9	0.00%	Martin Wishnatsky
Total		312,833	100.00%

Ohio 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 20 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Write-In	192	0.00%	David Keith Cobb • Vice President: Patricia LaMarche Green Party Non-Partisan
	Write-In	114	0.00%	Joe Schriner • Vice President: Barbara A. Marlinski Non-Partisan
	Write-In	22	0.00%	James Harris • Vice President: Margaret Trowe Socialist Workers Non-Partisan
	Write-In	17	0.00%	Richard A. Duncan • Vice President: Robert C. Culbertson Non-Partisan
	Write-In	11	0.00%	Thomas F. Zych • Vice President: Paula Maria Fullerton Non-Partisan
	Write-In	2	0.00%	John Thompson Parker • Vice President: Teresa Gutierrez Workers World Non-Partisan
Total		5,627,903	100.00%

Pennsylvania 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 21 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Write-In	2,656	0.05%	Ralph Nader
Total		5,769,590	100.00%

Tennessee 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.
	Write-In	33	0.00%	David Keith Cobb • Green Party
	Write-In	6	0.00%	Walter F. Brown • Socialist
Total		2,437,319	100.00%

Texas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 34 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Write-In	9,159	0.12%	Ralph Nader • Vice President: Peter Miguel Camejo
	Write-In	1,636	0.02%	Michael Anthony Peroutka • Vice President: Chuck Baldwin Constitution
	Write-In	1,014	0.01%	David Keith Cobb • Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat" LaMarche Green Party
	Write-In	219	0.00%	Andrew J. Falk • Vice President: Marijohn Peterman
	Write-In	126	0.00%	John Joseph Kennedy • Vice President: Daniel R. Rezac
	Write-In	111	0.00%	Walter F. Brown • Vice President: Mary Alice Herbert Socialist Workers Party
	Write-In	92	0.00%	Deborah Elaine Allen • Vice Presient: Joesph H. Senegals
Total		7,410,765	100.00%

Utah 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 5 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Write-In	39	0.00%	David Keith Cobb • Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat"LaMarche Green Party
	Write-In	2	0.00%	Lawrence Rey Topham
	Write-In	1	0.00%	John Joseph Kennedy
	Write-In	1	0.00%	Joe Schriner • Vice President: Barbara Marlinski
	Write-In	0	0.00%	Lawson Mitchell Bone
	Write-In			Walter F. Brown • Vice President: Mary Alice Herbert Socialist
	Write-In	0	0.00%	Robert Edward Haines
	Write-In	0	0.00%	Jackie Hayward
	Write-In	0	0.00%	Keith Russell Judd
	Write-In	0	0.00%	David Dale Larson
	Write-In	0	0.00%	Nancy Warrick
Total		927,844	100.00%

Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 13 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Write-In	2,393	0.07%	Ralph Nader
	Write-In	104	0.00%	David Keith Cobb
	Write-In	23	0.00%	Walter F. Brown • Vice President: Mary Alice Herbert
	Write-In	1	0.00%	Joseph Spence
Total		3,198,367	100.00%

West Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 5 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place.
	Write-In	82	0.01%	Michael Anthony Peroutka • Vice President: Chuck Baldwin
	Write-In	13	0.00%	John Joseph Kennedy • Vice President: Daniel Rezak
	Write-In	5	0.00%	David Keith Cobb • Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat" LaMarche
	Write-In	0	0.00%	Lawson Mitchell Bone • No Vice Presidential candidate named
	Write-In	0	0.00%	Keith Russell Judd • No Vice Presidential candidate named
Total		755,887	100.00%