United States presidential election in Arkansas, 2004
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County Results
Kerry—60-70%
Kerry—50-60%
Bush—<50%
Bush—50-60%
Bush—60-70%
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The 2004 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 2, 2004 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 6 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Arkansas was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 9.8% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 11 out of 12 news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise considered as a red state. Although there wasn't a lot of advertising and campaigning, polling did show a tight race as Bush, who won in 2000 with just over 50%. However, on election day Bush performed better than what polls showed.
There were 12 news organizations who made state by state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day.
Pre-election polling showed Bush leading throughout most of the general election. Bush frequently reached the 50% threshold, while Kerry never reached 47% in any poll taken prior to the election. The final 3 polls averaged Bush leading at 51% to Kerry at 45%.
Bush raised $1,387,692. Kerry raised $466,194.
Neither campaign advertised or visited the state during the fall campaign.
The only areas that went for Democratic opponent John Kerry were the Mississippi Valley and the state capital, Little Rock. Bush performed better in Arkansas than last election against Al Gore, the VP of Bill Clinton, who was the home son of Arkansas.
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