See main article: 2004 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 2004 United States presidential election in Kansas |
Country: | Kansas |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2000 United States presidential election in Kansas |
Previous Year: | 2000 |
Next Election: | 2008 United States presidential election in Kansas |
Next Year: | 2008 |
Election Date: | November 2, 2004 |
Image1: | George-W-Bush.jpeg |
Nominee1: | George W. Bush |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Home State1: | Texas |
Running Mate1: | Dick Cheney |
Electoral Vote1: | 6 |
Popular Vote1: | 736,456 |
Percentage1: | 62.00% |
Nominee2: | John Kerry |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Home State2: | Massachusetts |
Running Mate2: | John Edwards |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 434,993 |
Percentage2: | 36.62% |
Map Size: | 300px |
President | |
Before Election: | George W. Bush |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | George W. Bush |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Turnout: | 70.1% (of registered voters) 58.6% (of voting age population) |
The 2004 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 2, 2004, as part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kansas was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 25.4% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. On election day, it trended Republican from the 2000 election by a swing margin of almost 5%. He won every single congressional district and county, excluding two: Wyandotte County and Douglas County.
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 | ||
Cook Political Report | ||
Research 2000 | ||
Zogby International | ||
The Washington Post | Washington Post | |
Washington Dispatch | ||
Washington Times | ||
The New York Times | ||
CNN | ||
Newsweek | ||
Associated Press | ||
Rasmussen Reports |
Bush won every single pre-election poll, and won each by a double-digit margin of victory and with at least 56% of the vote. The final 3 polls averaged Bush leading 58% to 37% for Kerry and 3% for Nader.[2]
Bush raised $980,035.[3] Kerry raised $387,484.[4]
Neither presidential candidate advertised or visited this state. However, John Edwards visited the city of Lawrence in Douglas County briefly.[5] [6]
Apart from its flirtation with William Jennings Bryan and Woodrow Wilson, Kansas has always been a Republican stronghold at the presidential level, voting for GOP nominees in all but seven elections since statehood. The last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Kansas was Lyndon B. Johnson in his landslide in 1964. A combination of rural counties embedded with deep pockets of evangelical Christianity/social conservatism and moderate, fiscally conservative residents in Johnson County, Kansas nearly always votes Republican.
2004 United States presidential election in Kansas[7] [8] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
Republican | George W. Bush (Inc.) | 736,456 | 62.00% | 6 | ||
Democratic | John Kerry | 434,993 | 36.62% | 0 | ||
Reform | Ralph Nader | 9,348 | 0.79% | 0 | ||
Libertarian | Michael Badnarik | 4,013 | 0.34% | 0 | ||
Independent | Michael Peroutka | 2,899 | 0.24% | 0 | ||
Write In | David Cobb | 33 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Write In | John Joseph Kennedy | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Write In | Bill Van Auken | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Write In | Walt Brown | 4 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Totals | 1,187,756 | 100.00% | 6 | |||
Voter turnout (Voting age population) | 58.6% |
County[9] | George W. Bush Republican | John Kerry Democratic | Ralph Nader Reform | Michael James Badnarik Libertarian | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||||||||
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% | % | % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Allen | 3,867 | 65.84% | 1,922 | 32.73% | 53 | 0.90% | 20 | 0.34% | 11 | 0.19% | 1,945 | 33.11% | 5,873 | ||||||||||||||
Anderson | 2,500 | 64.72% | 1,295 | 33.52% | 40 | 1.04% | 13 | 0.34% | 15 | 0.39% | 1,205 | 31.20% | 3,863 | ||||||||||||||
Atchison | 3,880 | 54.51% | 3,120 | 43.83% | 65 | 0.91% | 29 | 0.41% | 24 | 0.34% | 760 | 10.68% | 7,118 | ||||||||||||||
Barber | 1,782 | 74.16% | 588 | 24.47% | 19 | 0.79% | 4 | 0.17% | 10 | 0.42% | 1,194 | 49.69% | 2,403 | ||||||||||||||
Barton | 8,666 | 74.03% | 2,874 | 24.55% | 106 | 0.91% | 30 | 0.26% | 30 | 0.26% | 5,792 | 49.48% | 11,706 | ||||||||||||||
Bourbon | 4,372 | 65.39% | 2,216 | 33.14% | 64 | 0.96% | 23 | 0.34% | 11 | 0.16% | 2,156 | 32.25% | 6,686 | ||||||||||||||
Brown | 3,092 | 69.99% | 1,268 | 28.70% | 35 | 0.79% | 12 | 0.27% | 11 | 0.25% | 1,824 | 41.29% | 4,418 | ||||||||||||||
Butler | 18,438 | 70.16% | 7,495 | 28.52% | 174 | 0.66% | 92 | 0.35% | 81 | 0.31% | 10,943 | 41.64% | 26,280 | ||||||||||||||
Chase | 1,055 | 70.29% | 418 | 27.85% | 12 | 0.80% | 9 | 0.60% | 7 | 0.47% | 637 | 42.44% | 1,501 | ||||||||||||||
Chautauqua | 1,529 | 78.01% | 404 | 20.61% | 10 | 0.51% | 10 | 0.51% | 7 | 0.36% | 1,125 | 57.40% | 1,960 | ||||||||||||||
Cherokee | 6,083 | 61.36% | 3,726 | 37.59% | 69 | 0.70% | 23 | 0.23% | 12 | 0.12% | 2,357 | 23.77% | 9,913 | ||||||||||||||
Cheyenne | 1,353 | 79.96% | 320 | 18.91% | 9 | 0.53% | 7 | 0.41% | 3 | 0.18% | 1,033 | 61.05% | 1,692 | ||||||||||||||
Clark | 1,014 | 78.54% | 257 | 19.91% | 8 | 0.62% | 4 | 0.31% | 8 | 0.62% | 757 | 58.63% | 1,291 | ||||||||||||||
Clay | 3,174 | 79.15% | 793 | 19.78% | 22 | 0.55% | 12 | 0.30% | 9 | 0.22% | 2,381 | 59.37% | 4,010 | ||||||||||||||
Cloud | 3,221 | 71.53% | 1,210 | 26.87% | 42 | 0.93% | 17 | 0.38% | 13 | 0.29% | 2,011 | 44.66% | 4,503 | ||||||||||||||
Coffey | 3,259 | 73.93% | 1,093 | 24.80% | 33 | 0.75% | 12 | 0.27% | 11 | 0.25% | 2,166 | 49.13% | 4,408 | ||||||||||||||
Comanche | 770 | 78.49% | 200 | 20.39% | 3 | 0.31% | 4 | 0.41% | 4 | 0.41% | 570 | 58.10% | 981 | ||||||||||||||
Cowley | 9,407 | 65.11% | 4,818 | 33.35% | 121 | 0.84% | 60 | 0.42% | 41 | 0.28% | 4,589 | 31.76% | 14,447 | ||||||||||||||
Crawford | 8,626 | 52.19% | 7,617 | 46.09% | 181 | 1.10% | 60 | 0.36% | 43 | 0.26% | 1,009 | 6.10% | 16,527 | ||||||||||||||
Decatur | 1,355 | 77.87% | 355 | 20.40% | 20 | 1.15% | 8 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.11% | 1,000 | 57.47% | 1,740 | ||||||||||||||
Dickinson | 6,295 | 71.61% | 2,364 | 26.89% | 72 | 0.82% | 35 | 0.40% | 25 | 0.28% | 3,931 | 44.72% | 8,791 | ||||||||||||||
Doniphan | 2,491 | 69.14% | 1,065 | 29.56% | 25 | 0.69% | 14 | 0.39% | 8 | 0.22% | 1,426 | 39.58% | 3,603 | ||||||||||||||
Douglas | 20,544 | 41.00% | 28,634 | 57.14% | 624 | 1.25% | 209 | 0.42% | 100 | 0.20% | -8,090 | -16.14% | 50,111 | ||||||||||||||
Edwards | 1,084 | 72.46% | 386 | 25.80% | 19 | 1.27% | 3 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.27% | 698 | 46.66% | 1,496 | ||||||||||||||
Elk | 1,119 | 73.86% | 369 | 24.36% | 17 | 1.12% | 2 | 0.13% | 8 | 0.53% | 750 | 49.50% | 1,515 | ||||||||||||||
Ellis | 7,891 | 64.75% | 4,033 | 33.09% | 158 | 1.30% | 61 | 0.50% | 44 | 0.36% | 3,858 | 31.66% | 12,187 | ||||||||||||||
Ellsworth | 2,259 | 72.82% | 801 | 25.82% | 23 | 0.74% | 13 | 0.42% | 6 | 0.19% | 1,458 | 47.00% | 3,102 | ||||||||||||||
Finney | 7,479 | 75.29% | 2,351 | 23.67% | 64 | 0.64% | 18 | 0.18% | 21 | 0.21% | 5,128 | 51.62% | 9,933 | ||||||||||||||
Ford | 6,632 | 73.56% | 2,286 | 25.35% | 61 | 0.68% | 17 | 0.19% | 20 | 0.22% | 4,346 | 48.21% | 9,016 | ||||||||||||||
Franklin | 7,391 | 64.40% | 3,921 | 34.17% | 106 | 0.92% | 31 | 0.27% | 27 | 0.24% | 3,470 | 30.23% | 11,476 | ||||||||||||||
Geary | 4,703 | 64.18% | 2,531 | 34.54% | 58 | 0.79% | 21 | 0.29% | 15 | 0.20% | 2,172 | 29.64% | 7,328 | ||||||||||||||
Gove | 1,196 | 81.53% | 247 | 16.84% | 12 | 0.82% | 5 | 0.34% | 7 | 0.48% | 949 | 64.69% | 1,467 | ||||||||||||||
Graham | 1,082 | 75.14% | 334 | 23.19% | 10 | 0.69% | 6 | 0.42% | 8 | 0.56% | 748 | 51.95% | 1,440 | ||||||||||||||
Grant | 2,169 | 78.64% | 561 | 20.34% | 11 | 0.40% | 11 | 0.40% | 6 | 0.22% | 1,608 | 58.30% | 2,758 | ||||||||||||||
Gray | 1,816 | 80.89% | 408 | 18.17% | 17 | 0.76% | 4 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,408 | 62.72% | 2,245 | ||||||||||||||
Greeley | 584 | 79.46% | 138 | 18.78% | 9 | 1.22% | 3 | 0.41% | 1 | 0.14% | 446 | 60.68% | 735 | ||||||||||||||
Greenwood | 2,282 | 70.35% | 911 | 28.08% | 30 | 0.92% | 8 | 0.25% | 13 | 0.40% | 1,371 | 42.27% | 3,244 | ||||||||||||||
Hamilton | 888 | 78.58% | 229 | 20.27% | 5 | 0.44% | 7 | 0.62% | 1 | 0.09% | 659 | 58.31% | 1,130 | ||||||||||||||
Harper | 2,154 | 73.52% | 727 | 24.81% | 30 | 1.02% | 9 | 0.31% | 10 | 0.34% | 1,427 | 48.71% | 2,930 | ||||||||||||||
Harvey | 9,534 | 63.10% | 5,331 | 35.28% | 171 | 1.13% | 46 | 0.30% | 28 | 0.19% | 4,203 | 27.82% | 15,110 | ||||||||||||||
Haskell | 1,356 | 84.80% | 227 | 14.20% | 10 | 0.63% | 5 | 0.31% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,129 | 70.60% | 1,599 | ||||||||||||||
Hodgeman | 953 | 80.56% | 223 | 18.85% | 6 | 0.51% | 1 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 730 | 61.71% | 1,183 | ||||||||||||||
Jackson | 3,730 | 63.35% | 2,064 | 35.05% | 44 | 0.75% | 21 | 0.36% | 29 | 0.49% | 1,666 | 28.30% | 5,888 | ||||||||||||||
Jefferson | 5,408 | 61.50% | 3,253 | 37.00% | 79 | 0.90% | 32 | 0.36% | 21 | 0.24% | 2,155 | 24.50% | 8,793 | ||||||||||||||
Jewell | 1,495 | 78.07% | 385 | 20.10% | 13 | 0.68% | 10 | 0.52% | 12 | 0.63% | 1,110 | 57.97% | 1,915 | ||||||||||||||
Johnson | 158,103 | 61.12% | 97,866 | 37.83% | 1,420 | 0.55% | 992 | 0.38% | 306 | 0.12% | 60,237 | 23.29% | 258,687 | ||||||||||||||
Kearny | 1,177 | 80.89% | 272 | 18.69% | 4 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.07% | 905 | 62.20% | 1,455 | ||||||||||||||
Kingman | 2,801 | 74.42% | 904 | 24.02% | 27 | 0.72% | 14 | 0.37% | 18 | 0.48% | 1,897 | 50.40% | 3,764 | ||||||||||||||
Kiowa | 1,275 | 81.47% | 256 | 16.36% | 19 | 1.21% | 5 | 0.32% | 10 | 0.64% | 1,019 | 65.11% | 1,565 | ||||||||||||||
Labette | 5,400 | 59.09% | 3,615 | 39.56% | 76 | 0.83% | 28 | 0.31% | 20 | 0.22% | 1,785 | 19.53% | 9,139 | ||||||||||||||
Lane | 823 | 81.16% | 181 | 17.85% | 4 | 0.39% | 3 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.30% | 642 | 63.31% | 1,014 | ||||||||||||||
Leavenworth | 15,949 | 58.35% | 11,039 | 40.39% | 191 | 0.70% | 86 | 0.31% | 66 | 0.24% | 4,910 | 17.96% | 27,331 | ||||||||||||||
Lincoln | 1,368 | 76.00% | 391 | 21.72% | 23 | 1.28% | 11 | 0.61% | 7 | 0.39% | 977 | 54.28% | 1,800 | ||||||||||||||
Linn | 3,048 | 64.29% | 1,631 | 34.40% | 37 | 0.78% | 14 | 0.30% | 11 | 0.23% | 1,417 | 29.89% | 4,741 | ||||||||||||||
Logan | 1,255 | 82.40% | 248 | 16.28% | 13 | 0.85% | 3 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.26% | 1,007 | 66.12% | 1,523 | ||||||||||||||
Lyon | 7,951 | 59.16% | 5,234 | 38.94% | 154 | 1.15% | 48 | 0.36% | 53 | 0.39% | 2,717 | 20.22% | 13,440 | ||||||||||||||
Marion | 4,516 | 73.32% | 1,536 | 24.94% | 69 | 1.12% | 14 | 0.23% | 24 | 0.39% | 2,980 | 48.38% | 6,159 | ||||||||||||||
Marshall | 3,261 | 63.84% | 1,789 | 35.02% | 39 | 0.76% | 6 | 0.12% | 13 | 0.25% | 1,472 | 28.82% | 5,108 | ||||||||||||||
McPherson | 9,595 | 71.78% | 3,589 | 26.85% | 114 | 0.85% | 44 | 0.33% | 25 | 0.19% | 6,006 | 44.93% | 13,367 | ||||||||||||||
Meade | 1,748 | 82.41% | 356 | 16.78% | 12 | 0.57% | 3 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,392 | 65.63% | 2,121 | ||||||||||||||
Miami | 9,013 | 64.31% | 4,838 | 34.52% | 90 | 0.64% | 30 | 0.21% | 45 | 0.32% | 4,175 | 29.79% | 14,016 | ||||||||||||||
Mitchell | 2,609 | 77.90% | 693 | 20.69% | 26 | 0.78% | 10 | 0.30% | 11 | 0.33% | 1,916 | 57.21% | 3,349 | ||||||||||||||
Montgomery | 9,598 | 67.99% | 4,338 | 30.73% | 98 | 0.69% | 44 | 0.31% | 38 | 0.27% | 5,260 | 37.26% | 14,116 | ||||||||||||||
Morris | 1,961 | 66.79% | 931 | 31.71% | 28 | 0.95% | 6 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.34% | 1,030 | 35.08% | 2,936 | ||||||||||||||
Morton | 1,287 | 81.66% | 276 | 17.51% | 5 | 0.32% | 4 | 0.25% | 4 | 0.25% | 1,011 | 64.15% | 1,576 | ||||||||||||||
Nemaha | 4,027 | 73.71% | 1,355 | 24.80% | 39 | 0.71% | 19 | 0.35% | 23 | 0.42% | 2,672 | 48.91% | 5,463 | ||||||||||||||
Neosho | 4,705 | 65.07% | 2,424 | 33.52% | 69 | 0.95% | 19 | 0.26% | 14 | 0.19% | 2,281 | 31.55% | 7,231 | ||||||||||||||
Ness | 1,407 | 77.39% | 382 | 21.01% | 17 | 0.94% | 4 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.44% | 1,025 | 56.38% | 1,818 | ||||||||||||||
Norton | 2,092 | 80.49% | 473 | 18.20% | 21 | 0.81% | 8 | 0.31% | 5 | 0.19% | 1,619 | 62.29% | 2,599 | ||||||||||||||
Osage | 4,800 | 64.32% | 2,537 | 33.99% | 77 | 1.03% | 27 | 0.36% | 22 | 0.29% | 2,263 | 30.33% | 7,463 | ||||||||||||||
Osborne | 1,587 | 76.48% | 454 | 21.88% | 25 | 1.20% | 5 | 0.24% | 4 | 0.19% | 1,133 | 54.60% | 2,075 | ||||||||||||||
Ottawa | 2,333 | 78.53% | 595 | 20.03% | 26 | 0.88% | 8 | 0.27% | 9 | 0.30% | 1,738 | 58.50% | 2,971 | ||||||||||||||
Pawnee | 2,172 | 72.69% | 773 | 25.87% | 26 | 0.87% | 8 | 0.27% | 9 | 0.30% | 1,399 | 46.82% | 2,988 | ||||||||||||||
Phillips | 2,256 | 79.24% | 557 | 19.56% | 20 | 0.70% | 6 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.28% | 1,699 | 59.68% | 2,847 | ||||||||||||||
Pottawatomie | 6,326 | 71.70% | 2,176 | 24.66% | 91 | 1.03% | 30 | 0.34% | 200 | 2.27% | 4,150 | 47.04% | 8,823 | ||||||||||||||
Pratt | 3,121 | 71.19% | 1,200 | 27.37% | 38 | 0.87% | 18 | 0.41% | 7 | 0.16% | 1,921 | 43.82% | 4,384 | ||||||||||||||
Rawlins | 1,414 | 82.21% | 289 | 16.80% | 9 | 0.52% | 6 | 0.35% | 2 | 0.12% | 1,125 | 65.41% | 1,720 | ||||||||||||||
Reno | 17,748 | 64.95% | 9,114 | 33.36% | 275 | 1.01% | 91 | 0.33% | 96 | 0.35% | 8,634 | 31.59% | 27,324 | ||||||||||||||
Republic | 2,238 | 77.47% | 607 | 21.01% | 20 | 0.69% | 11 | 0.38% | 13 | 0.45% | 1,631 | 56.46% | 2,889 | ||||||||||||||
Rice | 3,182 | 72.71% | 1,130 | 25.82% | 41 | 0.94% | 3 | 0.07% | 20 | 0.46% | 2,052 | 46.89% | 4,376 | ||||||||||||||
Riley | 12,672 | 60.60% | 7,908 | 37.82% | 224 | 1.07% | 63 | 0.30% | 44 | 0.21% | 4,764 | 22.78% | 20,911 | ||||||||||||||
Rooks | 2,121 | 78.27% | 534 | 19.70% | 37 | 1.37% | 6 | 0.22% | 12 | 0.44% | 1,587 | 58.57% | 2,710 | ||||||||||||||
Rush | 1,226 | 68.53% | 517 | 28.90% | 27 | 1.51% | 9 | 0.50% | 10 | 0.56% | 709 | 39.63% | 1,789 | ||||||||||||||
Russell | 2,671 | 75.77% | 810 | 22.98% | 24 | 0.68% | 8 | 0.23% | 12 | 0.34% | 1,861 | 52.79% | 3,525 | ||||||||||||||
Saline | 15,111 | 65.58% | 7,524 | 32.65% | 251 | 1.09% | 78 | 0.34% | 77 | 0.33% | 7,587 | 32.93% | 23,041 | ||||||||||||||
Scott | 1,924 | 83.69% | 347 | 15.09% | 17 | 0.74% | 5 | 0.22% | 6 | 0.26% | 1,577 | 68.60% | 2,299 | ||||||||||||||
Sedgwick | 110,381 | 62.12% | 64,839 | 36.49% | 1,345 | 0.76% | 695 | 0.39% | 419 | 0.24% | 45,542 | 25.63% | 177,679 | ||||||||||||||
Seward | 4,272 | 78.54% | 1,122 | 20.63% | 24 | 0.44% | 8 | 0.15% | 13 | 0.24% | 3,150 | 57.91% | 5,439 | ||||||||||||||
Shawnee | 44,188 | 54.17% | 36,264 | 44.45% | 687 | 0.84% | 236 | 0.29% | 202 | 0.25% | 7,924 | 9.72% | 81,577 | ||||||||||||||
Sheridan | 1,144 | 81.37% | 239 | 17.00% | 13 | 0.92% | 2 | 0.14% | 8 | 0.57% | 905 | 64.37% | 1,406 | ||||||||||||||
Sherman | 2,088 | 75.60% | 632 | 22.88% | 25 | 0.91% | 13 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.14% | 1,456 | 52.72% | 2,762 | ||||||||||||||
Smith | 1,803 | 76.08% | 540 | 22.78% | 17 | 0.72% | 4 | 0.17% | 6 | 0.25% | 1,263 | 53.30% | 2,370 | ||||||||||||||
Stafford | 1,649 | 75.43% | 506 | 23.15% | 20 | 0.91% | 4 | 0.18% | 7 | 0.32% | 1,143 | 52.28% | 2,186 | ||||||||||||||
Stanton | 796 | 82.40% | 165 | 17.08% | 4 | 0.41% | 1 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 631 | 65.32% | 966 | ||||||||||||||
Stevens | 1,936 | 85.47% | 310 | 13.69% | 12 | 0.53% | 4 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.13% | 1,626 | 71.78% | 2,265 | ||||||||||||||
Sumner | 7,092 | 67.62% | 3,217 | 30.67% | 92 | 0.88% | 38 | 0.36% | 49 | 0.47% | 3,875 | 36.95% | 10,488 | ||||||||||||||
Thomas | 3,007 | 77.70% | 816 | 21.09% | 28 | 0.72% | 6 | 0.16% | 13 | 0.34% | 2,191 | 56.61% | 3,870 | ||||||||||||||
Trego | 1,225 | 72.66% | 434 | 25.74% | 21 | 1.25% | 4 | 0.24% | 2 | 0.12% | 791 | 46.92% | 1,686 | ||||||||||||||
Wabaunsee | 2,531 | 70.23% | 1,001 | 27.77% | 36 | 1.00% | 10 | 0.28% | 26 | 0.72% | 1,530 | 42.46% | 3,604 | ||||||||||||||
Wallace | 742 | 84.70% | 112 | 12.79% | 13 | 1.48% | 6 | 0.68% | 3 | 0.34% | 630 | 71.91% | 876 | ||||||||||||||
Washington | 2,498 | 78.31% | 643 | 20.16% | 31 | 0.97% | 6 | 0.19% | 12 | 0.38% | 1,855 | 58.15% | 3,190 | ||||||||||||||
Wichita | 869 | 81.83% | 183 | 17.23% | 6 | 0.56% | 4 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 686 | 64.60% | 1,062 | ||||||||||||||
Wilson | 3,263 | 74.19% | 1,060 | 24.10% | 41 | 0.93% | 13 | 0.30% | 21 | 0.48% | 2,203 | 50.09% | 4,398 | ||||||||||||||
Woodson | 1,204 | 68.29% | 530 | 30.06% | 19 | 1.08% | 3 | 0.17% | 7 | 0.40% | 674 | 38.23% | 1,763 | ||||||||||||||
Wyandotte | 17,919 | 33.56% | 34,923 | 65.40% | 331 | 0.62% | 123 | 0.23% | 105 | 0.20% | -17,004 | -31.84% | 53,401 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 736,456 | 62.00%! | 434,993 | 36.62% | 9,348 | 0.79% | 4,013 | 0.34% | 2,946 | 0.25% | 301,463 | 25.38% | 1,187,756 |
Bush won all four congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.[10]
District | Bush | Kerry | Representative | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
72% | 26% | Jerry Moran | ||||
59% | 39% | Jim Ryun | ||||
55% | 44% | Dennis Moore | ||||
64% | 34% | Todd Tiahrt |
See main article: List of 2004 United States presidential electors.
Technically the voters of Kansas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Kansas is allocated 6 electors because it has 4 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 6 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 6 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 the state. All 6 were pledged to Bush/Cheney.[11]