2004: The Voting Begins

2004 Nationwide Democratic Primary Results and Delegate Count (through June 8, 2004) The aggregate vote for the 2004 presidential primaries is based on official returns from all primaries held through March, with the exception of the Democratic contests in Ohio and New Mexico. Unofficial returns are used for those two presidential primaries as well as those held by both parties since March, with the exception of the contests in Idaho, Nebraska, Oregon and South Dakota, where the results are official. An asterisk (*) indicates that the primary was conducted by the party, not the state, and tended to use fewer polling places. Candidates Occupation (Home State) Votes % Primaries Won Best Primary Showing (and %) John Kerry U.S. Senator (Mass.) 9,961,051 60.7% 35 New Jersey (92%) John Edwards U.S. Senator (N.C.) 3,158,205 19.3% 1 South Carolina (45%) Howard Dean Ex-Governor (Vt.) 936,263 5.7% 2 Vermont (54%) Dennis Kucinich U.S. Representative (Ohio) 625,148 3.8% - Oregon (16%) Wesley Clark Ex-Army General (Ark.) 567,631 3.5% 1 Oklahoma (30%) Al Sharpton Minister (N.Y.) 396,418 2.4% - Dist. of Columbia (34%) Joe Lieberman U.S. Senator (Conn.) 282,350 1.7% - Delaware (11%) Others/Uncommitted 471,036 2.9% - TOTAL 16,398,102 39 Primaries Won: Clark (1) - Oklahoma Dean (2) - Dist. of Columbia (non-binding), Vermont Edwards (1) - South Carolina * Kerry (35) - Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan*, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico*, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah*, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin REPUBLICANS Candidates Occupation (Home State) Votes % Primaries Won Best Primary Showing (and %) George W. Bush Incumbent (Texas) 7,833,646 98.1% 27 Unopposed in 13 states Others/Uncommitted 154,679 1.9% - TOTAL 7,988,325 27 Republican Primaries Won: Bush (27) - Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin. There was no opposition to Bush on the primary ballots in California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Vermont, although in California, Oregon and Vermont write-in votes were counted in the official returns.			ELECTION ANALYSIS ARCHIVES The Fight to be First Unusual Turnout Dynamic Keys Big Democratic Comeback Voter Turnout and Congressional Change Halfway to November Texas 2005: An Eventful Year Competition and Congruency A Bush Mandate? The Election of 2004: A First Take More Voters Steering Away from Party Labels Primary Analysis Charts Bush, The Democrats and 'Red and Blue' America Winning "the Invisible Primary" The South, the GOP and the White House 2000 1996 Congressional/Gubernatorial 2002: Leaning Republican Fit to be Tied: The Battle to Control Congress in 2002 Do the Math, and the Result Is: Not Much of a Contest Parties Could Do Better in 'Civics 101' A Good Start for Incumbents Charts: Summary of Election Results What's Up in 2002 Gubernatorial and Senate Nominations at a Glance House Casualties 2000: A Few Incumbents Under Fire Election Wrap-Up 2000: Part Retro, Part New Age
2004 Democratic Primary, Caucus Results (through June 8, 2004) Primary results are indicated in bold type; caucus results in regular type. A dash (-) indicates that the candidate was not on the primary or caucus ballot. Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole point and do not always add to 100 due to rounding. An asterisk (*) indicates that the event was a party-run primary. The District of Columbia held a non-binding primary Jan. 13 that did not elect Democratic delegates, as did Idaho on May 25. Results are based on official primary returns held through March, with the exception of the contests in New Mexico and Ohio, where the results are unofficial. For the primaries since March, only the results in Idaho, Nebraska, Oregon and South Dakota are official. Caucus results tend to be based on unofficial returns. Caucus results from the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota and Wyoming reflect the share of the actual vote received by each candidate. For other caucus states, the results generally reflect each candidate's share of delegates elected to the next stage of the process. The turnout figures for the Alaska, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada and Washington caucuses are estimates. Date Turnout Clark Dean Edwards Kerry Kucinich Lieberman Sharpton Other Winner Dist. of Columbia Jan. 13 42,516 - 43% - - 8% - 34% 15% Dean Iowa Jan. 19 124,331 0% 18% 32% 38% 1% 0% 0% 12% Kerry New Hampshire Jan 27 219,787 12% 26% 12% 38% 1% 9% 0% 1% Kerry Arizona Feb. 3 238,942 26% 14% 7% 43% 2% 7% 0% 1% Kerry Delaware Feb. 3 33,291 9% 10% 11% 50% 1% 11% 6% 1% Kerry Missouri Feb. 3 418,339 4% 9% 25% 51% 1% 4% 3% 4% Kerry New Mexico* Feb. 3 102,096 20% 16% 11% 43% 5% 3% - 2% Kerry North Dakota Feb. 3 10,558 24% 12% 10% 51% 3% 1% 0% - Kerry Oklahoma Feb. 3 302,385 30% 4% 30% 27% 1% 7% 1% 1% Clark South Carolina Feb. 3 293,843 7% 5% 45% 30% 0% 2% 10% 0% Edwards Michigan* Feb. 7 163,769 7% 17% 13% 52% 3% 0% 7% 1% Kerry Washington Feb. 7 105,000 3% 30% 7% 49% 8% 0% 0% 3% Kerry Maine Feb. 8 18,259 3% 28% 7% 44% 16% 0% 0% 1% Kerry Tennessee Feb. 10 369,385 23% 4% 27% 41% 1% 1% 2% 2% Kerry Virginia Feb. 10 396,181 9% 7% 27% 52% 1% 1% 3% 0% Kerry Dist. of Columbia Feb. 14 9,126 1% 17% 10% 47% 3% 0% 20% 1% Kerry Nevada Feb. 14 9,000 - 17% 10% 63% 7% - 1% 3% Kerry Wisconsin Feb. 17 826,250 2% 18% 34% 40% 3% 0% 2% 1% Kerry Hawaii Feb. 24 4,073 1% 7% 13% 47% 31% 0% - 1% Kerry Idaho Feb. 24 4,920 0% 11% 22% 54% 5% 0% 0% 7% Kerry Utah* Feb. 24 34,854 1% 4% 30% 55% 7% 1% - 1% Kerry California March 2 3,107,629 2% 4% 20% 64% 5% 2% 2% 2% Kerry Connecticut March 2 130,023 1% 4% 24% 58% 3% 5% 3% 2% Kerry Georgia March 2 626,738 1% 2% 41% 47% 1% 1% 6% 1% Kerry Maryland March 2 481,476 1% 3% 26% 60% 2% 1% 5% 4% Kerry Massachusetts March 2 615,188 1% 3% 18% 72% 4% 1% 1% 2% Kerry Minnesota March 2 51,518 0% 2% 27% 51% 17% 0% 1% 2% Kerry New York March 2 715,633 0% 3% 20% 61% 5% 1% 8% 1% Kerry Ohio March 2 1,193,399 1% 3% 34% 52% 9% 1% - 0% Kerry Rhode Island March 2 35,759 1% 4% 19% 71% 3% 1% - 2% Kerry Vermont March 2 82,881 3% 54% 6% 32% 4% - - 1% Dean Florida March 9 753,762 1% 3% 10% 77% 2% 2% 3% 2% Kerry Louisiana March 9 161,653 4% 5% 16% 70% 1% - - 3% Kerry Mississippi March 9 76,298 2% 3% 7% 78% 1% 1% 5% 2% Kerry Texas March 9 839,231 2% 5% 14% 67% 2% 3% 4% 3% Kerry Kansas March 13 2,000 1% 7% 9% 72% 10% 0% 0% 2% Kerry Illinois March 16 1,217,515 2% 4% 11% 72% 2% 2% 3% 5% Kerry Alaska March 20 500