2004 United States presidential election in Montana

2004 United States presidential election in Montana
	November 2, 2004
Turnout	70.6% (of registered voters) ; 64.2% (of voting age population)
Bush 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% 90-100%	Kerry 50-60%
President before election; George W. Bush; Republican	Elected President ; George W. Bush; Republican

The 2004 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Montana was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 20.5% 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.

Montana was 1 of 9 states to only back George H. W. Bush once that was won twice by George W. Bush.

Primaries

2004 Montana Democratic presidential primary

Campaign

Predictions

There were 12 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day.[1]


Source	Ranking
D.C. Political Report	Solid R
Cook Political Report	Solid R
Research 2000	Solid R
Zogby International	Likely R
Washington Post	Likely R
Washington Dispatch	Likely R
Washington Times	Solid R
The New York Times	Solid R
CNN	Likely R
Newsweek	Solid R
Associated Press	Solid R
Rasmussen Reports	Likely R

Polling

Only a few pre-election polls were taken here. Bush won each one of them with a double-digit margin and with at least 54% of the vote. The final 3 polling average showed him leading 55% to 35%.[2]

Fundraising

Bush raised $385,635.[3] Kerry raised $145,679.[4]

Advertising and visits

Neither campaign advertised or visited this state during the fall campaign.[5][6]

Analysis

Bush's key to victory was winning the highly populated Yellowstone County with 60% along with the majority of other counties. Kerry only won six counties in the state, including swinging Missoula County and his best performance in the Democratic stronghold of Deer Lodge County.

Results

2004 United States presidential election in Montana[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George W. Bush (incumbent)	266,063	59.07%	3
	Democratic	John Kerry	173,710	38.56%	0
	Independent	Ralph Nader	6,168	1.37%	0
	Constitution	Michael Peroutka	1,764	0.39%	0
	Libertarian	Michael Badnarik	1,733	0.38%	0
	Green	David Cobb	996	0.22%	0
	Write Ins.	-	11	0.00%	0
Totals			450,445	100.00%	6
Voter turnout (Voting age population)					64.2%

By county

County	Bush #	Bush %	Kerry #	Kerry %	Other #	Other %	Total #
Beaverhead	3,067	72.30%	1,103	26.00%	72	1.70%	4,242
Big Horn	2,028	47.04%	2,215	51.38%	68	1.58%	4,311
Blaine	1,424	51.45%	1,300	46.97%	44	1.59%	2,768
Broadwater	1,778	75.56%	533	22.65%	42	1.78%	2,353
Carbon	3,342	62.81%	1,847	34.71%	132	2.48%	5,321
Carter	623	87.87%	76	10.72%	10	1.41%	709
Cascade	19,028	56.87%	13,701	40.95%	730	2.18%	33,459
Chouteau	1,921	65.59%	946	32.30%	62	2.12%	2,929
Custer	3,297	65.31%	1,630	32.29%	121	2.40%	5,048
Daniels	764	68.28%	326	29.13%	29	2.59%	1,119
Dawson	2,884	64.32%	1,494	33.32%	106	2.36%	4,484
Deer Lodge	1,725	37.97%	2,700	59.43%	118	2.60%	4,543
Fallon	1,178	79.01%	289	19.38%	24	1.61%	1,491
Fergus	4,425	72.22%	1,582	25.82%	120	1.96%	6,127
Flathead	26,019	67.27%	11,587	29.96%	1,072	2.77%	38,678
Gallatin	22,392	56.20%	16,405	41.18%	1,044	2.62%	39,841
Garfield	590	90.08%	52	7.94%	13	1.98%	655
Glacier	1,828	40.07%	2,641	57.89%	93	2.04%	4,562
Golden Valley	396	75.86%	119	22.80%	7	1.34%	522
Granite	1,144	71.28%	404	25.17%	57	3.55%	1,605
Hill County	3,505	52.65%	2,997	45.02%	155	2.33%	6,657
Jefferson	3,844	65.51%	1,881	32.06%	143	2.44%	5,868
Judith Basin	944	73.41%	322	25.04%	20	1.56%	1,286
Lake	7,245	57.61%	4,960	39.44%	371	2.95%	12,576
Lewis & Clark	16,494	55.27%	12,717	42.61%	631	2.11%	29,842
Liberty	734	71.06%	281	27.20%	18	1.74%	1,033
Lincoln	5,889	69.72%	2,320	27.47%	238	2.82%	8,447
Madison	2,868	72.94%	983	24.99%	82	2.08%	3,933
McCone	791	69.57%	320	28.14%	26	2.29%	1,137
Meagher	698	71.74%	247	25.39%	28	2.88%	973
Mineral	1,242	67.61%	542	29.50%	53	2.89%	1,837
Missoula	23,989	45.74%	26,983	51.44%	1,480	2.82%	52,452
Musselshell	1,663	74.01%	538	23.94%	46	2.05%	2,247
Park	4,771	58.06%	3,199	38.93%	247	3.01%	8,217
Petroleum	228	78.08%	55	18.84%	9	3.08%	292
Phillips	1,677	77.28%	456	21.01%	37	1.71%	2,170
Pondera	1,853	64.79%	956	33.43%	51	1.78%	2,860
Powder River	856	83.27%	154	14.98%	18	1.75%	1,028
Powell	1,993	70.51%	761	26.89%	76	2.69%	2,830
Prairie	546	74.18%	181	24.59%	9	1.22%	736
Ravalli	13,279	66.84%	6,144	30.93%	443	2.23%	19,866
Richland	3,110	72.19%	1,120	26.00%	78	1.81%	4,308
Roosevelt	1,760	43.72%	2,195	54.52%	71	1.76%	4,026
Rosebud	1,982	55.29%	1,520	42.40%	83	2.32%	3,585
Sanders	3,461	67.16%	1,502	29.15%	190	3.69%	5,153
Sheridan	1,159	56.87%	846	41.51%	33	1.62%	2,038
Silver Bow	6,381	39.67%	9,307	57.86%	396	2.46%	16,084
Stillwater	3,090	73.34%	1,025	24.33%	98	2.33%	4,213
Sweet Grass	1,509	76.10%	445	22.44%	29	1.46%	1,983
Teton	2,232	66.45%	1,047	31.17%	80	2.38%	3,359
Toole	1,583	68.50%	690	29.86%	38	1.64%	2,311
Treasure	348	72.20%	121	25.10%	13	2.70%	482
Valley	2,476	61.62%	1,431	35.61%	111	2.76%	4,018
Wheatland	706	71.11%	250	25.54%	23	2.35%	979
Wibaux	407	72.68%	144	25.71%	9	1.61%	560
Yellowstone	40,903	61.70%	24,120	36.39%	1,266	1.91%	66,289

[8][9]

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Missoula (Largest city: Missoula)

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
At-large	59.1%	38.6%	Denny Rehberg

Electors

Technically the voters of Montana cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Montana 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 the state. All three were pledged for Bush/Cheney.[10]

Jack Galt
Thelma Baker
John Brenden

References

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[2] "Election 2004 Polls - Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

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[4] "John F Kerry - $345,826,176 raised, '04 election cycle, Democrat Party, President". Campaignmoney.com. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[5] "Specials". Cnn.com. Retrieved 2022-02-16.

[6] "Specials". Cnn.com. Retrieved 2022-02-16.

[7] "2004 Presidential General Election Results - Montana". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[8] "Archived copy". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-10-26.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[9] "Archived Election Results – Montana Secretary of State – Christi Jacobsen".

[10] "Not Found". Archived from the original on 2006-04-25. Retrieved 2009-10-10.