See main article: 2004 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 2004 United States presidential election in Nebraska |
| Country: | Nebraska |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2000 United States presidential election in Nebraska |
| Previous Year: | 2000 |
| Next Election: | 2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska |
| 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: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 512,814 |
| Percentage1: | 65.90% |
| Nominee2: | John Kerry |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Massachusetts |
| Running Mate2: | John Edwards |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 254,328 |
| Percentage2: | 32.68% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | George W. Bush |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | George W. Bush |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 67.1% (of registered voters) 60.0% (of voting age population) |
The 2004 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. However, this state is one of the two states of the U.S. that, starting in the 2004 election, instead of giving all of its electors to the winner based on its statewide results, just two of them vote based on the statewide results, and the others vote based on their individual congressional district results.
Nebraska, a rural Great Plains state, is a Republican and conservative stronghold. Voters here gave an overwhelming victory to George W. Bush, who received more than twice the number of votes of his challenger, John F. Kerry. Bush who carried the state in 2000 increased his margin of victory, from 29% (2000) to 33% in 2004. Bush carried every congressional district, and every county except substantially Native American Thurston County which Kerry won by a narrow 2.43 percent margin.
With 65.9% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Bush's fourth strongest state in the 2004 election after Utah, Wyoming and Idaho.[1] This is the last time anyone won Nebraska with more than 60% of the vote.
There were 12 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day.[2]
| D.C. Political Report | ||
| Associated Press | ||
| CNN | ||
| Cook Political Report | ||
| Newsweek | ||
| New York Times | ||
| Rasmussen Reports | ||
| Research 2000 | ||
| Washington Post | ||
| Washington Times | ||
| Zogby International | ||
| Washington Dispatch |
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV)[3] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush of Texas (incumbent) | Richard Cheney of Wyoming (incumbent) | Republican | 5 | 512,814 | 65.90% | |
| John Edwards of North Carolina | Democrat | 0 | 254,328 | 32.68% | ||
| Ralph Nader of Connecticut | Peter Camejo of California | By Petition | 0 | 5,698 | 0.73% | |
| Michael Badnarik of Texas | Richard Campagna of Iowa | Libertarian | 0 | 2,041 | 0.26% | |
| Michael Peroutka of Maryland | Chuck Baldwin of Florida | Nebraska | 0 | 1,314 | 0.17% | |
| David Cobb of Texas | Pat LaMarche of Maine | Green | 0 | 978 | 0.13% | |
| – | – | Write-ins | 0 | 931 | 0.12% | |
| Róger Calero of New Jersey | Arrin Hawkins of New York | By Petition | 0 | 82 | 0.01% | |
Bush won all three congressional districts.[4]
| district | Bush | Kerry | Representative | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63% | 36% | Doug Bereuter | |||
| Jeff Fortenberry | |||||
| 60% | 38% | Lee Terry | |||
| 75% | 24% | Tom Osborne |