United States presidential election in Delaware, 2004
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The 2004 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 2, 2004 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 3 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Delaware was won by Democrat nominee John Kerry by a 7.6% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Kerry would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state.The state was once a Bellwether state, but has voted Democrat every presidential election since 1992. Kerry easily won this state, almost identical results to the 2000 election.
Contents
Primaries
Campaign
Predictions
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There were 12 news organizations who made state by state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day.[1]
- D.C. Political Report: Lean Democrat
- Associated Press: Solid Kerry
- CNN: Kerry
- Cook Political Report: Lean Democrat
- Newsweek: Solid Kerry
- New York Times: Solid Kerry
- Rasmussen Reports: Kerry
- Research 2000: Solid Kerry
- Washington Post: Kerry
- Washington Times: Solid Kerry
- Zogby International: Kerry
- Washington Dispatch: Kerry
Polling
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Just 2 pre-election polls were taken (specifically in September), and Kerry won both of them with 45% and 50% respecteviely. [2]
Fundraising
Bush raised $523,150.[3] Kerry raised $260,657.[4]
Advertising and visits
Neither campaign advertised or visited this state during the fall campaign.[5] [6]
Analysis
Delaware, a blue state, had not voted for a Republican presidential nominee for two decades going into Election 2008. The last Republican to win Delaware was George H. W. Bush in 1988. Since then, the state has consistently delivered to the Democrats at the presidential level.
Results
| United States presidential election in Delaware, 2004[7] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | John Kerry | John Edwards | 200,152 | 53.4% | 3 | |
| Republican | George W. Bush (Inc.) | Dick Cheney | 171,660 | 45.8% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ralph Nader | Peter Camejo | 2,153 | 0.6% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Badnarik | Wayne Allyn Root | 586 | 0.2% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Chuck Baldwin | Michael Peroutka | 289 | 0.1% | 0 | |
| Green | David Cobb | Rosa Clemente | 250 | 0.1% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | Walt Brown | Mary Alice Herbert | 100 | 0.0% | 0 | |
| Totals | - | 100.00% | 3 | |||
| Voter turnout (Voting Age population) | 60.6% | |||||
Results breakdown
By county
| County | Kerry% | Kerry# | Bush% | Bush# | Others% | Others# |
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| New Castle | 60.5% | 146,179 | 38.5% | 93,079 | 0.9% | 2,203 |
| Kent | 42.6% | 23,875 | 56.4% | 31,578 | 0.9% | 527 |
| Sussex | 38.7% | 30,098 | 60.5% | 47,003 | 0.8% | 648 |
By congressional district
Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district, called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.
| District | Bush | Kerry | Representative |
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| At-large | 45.8% | 53.4% | Michael N. Castle |
Electors
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Technically the voters of Delaware cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Delaware is allocated 3 electors because it has 1 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 3 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 3 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for President and Vice President. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.
The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 13, 2004 to cast their votes for President and Vice President. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.
The following were the members of the Electoral College from Delaware. All were pledged to and voted for John Kerry and John Edwards:[8]
- James Johnson
- Nancy W. Cook
- Timothy G. Willard
References
- ↑ http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/members/2004/Pred2.htm#NW
- ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/GENERAL/CAMPAIGN/2004/polls.php?fips=1
- ↑ http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/campaigns/george_w_bush.asp?cycle=04
- ↑ http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/campaigns/john_f_kerry.asp?cycle=04
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- ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004/2004Stat.htm#8
- ↑ http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2004_certificates/
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