List of candidates in the 2004 United States presidential election explained

The following are lists of candidates in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Candidates who were not on any state ballots, withdrew from the race, suspended their presidential campaign, or failed to earn their party's nomination are listed separately.

Party nominees

All candidates in the table below were on the ballot in multiple states. Those who were on the ballot in enough states to win a majority in the U.S. Electoral College are marked in bold. Candidates who were on the ballot in no more than one state are listed in the next section.

Presidential candidateRunning mateParty
Gene AmondsonLeroy PlettenProhibition
Michael BadnarikRichard CampagnaLibertarian
Walt BrownMary Alice HerbertSocialist
George W. Bush (winner)Richard CheneyRepublican
Róger CaleroArrin HawkinsSocialist Workers
David CobbPat LaMarcheGreen
Earl F. DodgeHoward LydickProhibition
John KerryJohn EdwardsDemocratic
Ralph NaderPeter CamejoIndependent, Reform
John ParkerTeresa GutierrezWorkers World
Michael PeroutkaChuck BaldwinConstitution
Bill Van AukenJim LawrenceSocialist Equality

Ballot access

The two major parties in the United States are the Democratic and the Republican parties, which are on the ballot in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.

The table below shows which third-party candidates were able to gain ballot access in each state. In some states, these candidates were on the ballot as independents, or on the ballot lines of different parties (for example, in Michigan the Socialist Party USA candidate received the Natural Law Party's ballot line.)

The Socialist Workers Party's official ticket could not be listed on the ballot in some states because Calero and Hawkins were both ineligible to be president, as Calero was not a native-born citizen and Hawkins was too young. In such states the party used their 2000 ticket of James Harris and Margaret Trowe (JH).

The Prohibition Party suffered a schism in 2003. Long-time presidential candidate Earl Dodge was the nominee of one faction, while Gene Amondson was the nominee of the other. Both factions were on the ballot in Colorado, with only Amondson on the ballot in Louisiana.

Candidates who had enough potential electoral votes to win the presidency
 Electoral VotesLibertarian (Badnarik)Green (Cobb)NaderConstitution (Peroutka)
States5149 (50)25 (43)35 (48)34 (42)
Electoral votes (EV)538527 (531)267 (479)278 (507)341 (430)
Percent of EV100%97.9% (98.7%)49.6% (89%)51.7% (94.2%)63.3% (79.9%)
Alabama9 color=#009900 align=center(write-in) color=#000066 align=center(write-in)
Alaska3   color=#000066 align=center(write-in)
Arizona10 color=#009900 align=center(write-in)color=#02CEDA align=center(write-in)
Arkansas6    
California55  color=#02CEDA align=center(write-in) 
Colorado9    
Connecticut7    
Delaware3    
Florida27    
Georgia15 color=#009900 align=center(write-in)color=#02CEDA align=center(write-in)color=#000066 align=center(write-in)
Hawaii4  
Idaho4 color=#009900 align=center(write-in)color=#02CEDA align=center(write-in) 
Illinois21 color=#009900 align=center(write-in)color=#02CEDA align=center(write-in)color=#000066 align=center(write-in)
Indiana11 color=#02CEDA align=center(write-in)color=#000066 align=center(write-in)
Iowa7    
Kansas6 color=#009900 align=center(write-in)  
Kentucky8   
Louisiana9    
Maine4   
Maryland10    
Massachusetts12 color=#02CEDA align=center(write-in)
Michigan17    
Minnesota10    
Mississippi6    
Missouri11 color=#02CEDA align=center(write-in) 
Montana3    
Nebraska5    
Nevada5    
New Hampshire4color=#FFCC00 align=center(write-in)color=#009900 align=center(write-in) color=#000066 align=center(write-in)
New Jersey15    
New Mexico5    
New York31 color=#009900 align=center(write-in) 
North Carolina15 color=#009900 align=center(write-in)color=#02CEDA align=center(write-in)
North Dakota3   
Ohio20 color=#009900 align=center(write-in) 
Oklahoma7
Oregon7  color=#02CEDA align=center(write-in) 
Pennsylvania21  color=#02CEDA align=center(write-in) 
Rhode Island4    
South Carolina8    
South Dakota3   
Tennessee11 color=#009900 align=center(write-in)  
Texas34 color=#009900 align=center(write-in)color=#02CEDA align=center(write-in)color=#000066 align=center(write-in)
Utah5 color=#009900 align=center(write-in)  
Vermont3 color=#009900 align=center(write-in) color=#000066 align=center(write-in)
Virginia13 color=#009900 align=center(write-in)color=#02CEDA align=center(write-in) 
Washington11    
West Virginia5 color=#009900 align=center(write-in) 
Wisconsin10   color=#000066 align=center(write-in)
Wyoming3 color=#009900 align=center(write-in)  
District of Columbia3 color=#009900 align=center(write-in) 
Other third-party candidates
 Electoral VotesProhibition (Amondson)Socialist (Brown)Socialist Workers (Calero)Workers World (Parker)Socialist Equality (Van Auken)
States5128 (19)14 (17)3 (4)5 (8)
EV5381898 (218)151 (247)18 (73)52 (93)
Percent of EV100%3.3%18.2% (40.5%)28% (45.9%)3.3% (13.6%)9.6% (17.3%)
Alabama9
Alaska3
Arizona10
Arkansas6
California55color=#993333 align=center(write-in)color=#999999 align=center(write-in)
Colorado9bgcolor=#0000FF align=center(also Dodge) bgcolor=#993333 align=center(JH) 
Connecticut7
Delaware3 
Florida27 bgcolor=#993333 align=center(JH)
Georgia15
Hawaii4
Idaho4color=#FF3333 align=center(write-in)
Illinois21color=#993333 align=center(write-in)
Indiana11color=#FF3333 align=center(write-in)
Iowa7bgcolor=#993333 align=center(JH) 
Kansas6color=#FF3333 align=center(write-in)color=#9900FF align=center(write-in)
Kentucky8color=#FF3333 align=center(write-in)
Louisiana9  bgcolor=#993333 align=center(JH)
Maine4color=#9900FF align=center(write-in)
Maryland10
Massachusetts12
Michigan17 
Minnesota10color=#FF3333 align=center(write-in) 
Mississippi6bgcolor=#993333 align=center(JH)
Missouri11
Montana3color=#FF3333 align=center(write-in)
Nebraska5 
Nevada5
New Hampshire4
New Jersey15   
New Mexico5
New York31 color=#9900FF align=center(write-in)
North Carolina15color=#FF3333 align=center(write-in)
North Dakota3
Ohio20color=#993333 align=center(write-in)
Oklahoma7
Oregon7
Pennsylvania21
Rhode Island4 
South Carolina8 
South Dakota3
Tennessee11color=#FF3333 align=center(write-in)
Texas34color=#FF3333 align=center(write-in)
Utah5color=#FF3333 align=center(write-in)bgcolor=#993333 align=center(JH)
Vermont3  
Virginia13color=#FF3333 align=center(write-in)
Washington11bgcolor=#993333 align=center(JH)  
West Virginia5
Wisconsin10 bgcolor=#993333 align=center(JH)
Wyoming3
District of Columbia3bgcolor=#993333 align=center(JH)
Other candidatesThe tickets below were on the ballot in no more than one state. Those who appeared on a single state's ballot are in bold, all others were write-in candidates. Those without party labels were independents. Some did not have vice-presidential candidates.

Although Guam has no votes in the Electoral College, they have held a straw poll for their presidential preferences since 1980. In 2004, the results were Bush 21,490 (64.1%), Kerry 11,781 (35.1%), Nader 196 (0.58%) and Badnarik 67 (0.2%).[1]

Primary and convention candidates

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2004 Presidential Vote . Ballot-Access.org . 2004-12-12 . 2008-09-17.
  2. Web site: New Energy Policy. Talk of the Nation interview with guests Harry Braun and Vijay Vaitheeswaran. NPR. November 21, 2003.
  3. Web site: A Show of Hands. Joel Achenbach. The Washington Post. January 13, 2004. ...turned out to be a ballot with easy-on, easy-off access. Essentially anyone could join the fun. Among those running is Harry Braun (no relation to [Carol Moseby Braun] the former senator), the only candidate whose slogan is "Making America Energy Independent & Pollution-Free with Windship Hydrogen Production Systems." "I'm talking about making the hydrogen from water," Braun said in a phone interview Sunday. "President Bush wants to make it from coal and nuclear power. That's not clean hydrogen, that's filthy hydrogen, and that's nonrenewable hydrogen." The Braun plan is to build "windships," which he describes as 500 to 1,000 feet tall, with the "hull" anchored under the sea just off the coast. A large mast would hold wind turbines. A crew, below water, would run the machinery to convert ocean water to liquid hydrogen. Each windship would cost $10 million. How many of these enormous windships would Braun need? "About a million," he said. The project would cost $6 trillion total, in his estimation. ....
  4. Web site: Lesser-Known Presidential Candidates' Forum. . C-SPAN. January 8, 2004. Fifteen presidential and two vice presidential candidates spoke....

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