United States presidential election in New York, 2004

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November 2, 2004

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Turnout

62.44%


Nominee	John Kerry	George W. Bush
Party	Democratic	Republican
Home state	Massachusetts	Texas
Running mate	John Edwards	Dick Cheney
Electoral vote	31	0
Popular vote	4,314,280	2,962,567
Percentage	58.37%	40.08%

County Results

Kerry

40-50%

50-60%

60-70%

70-80%

80-90%

Bush

40-50%

50-60%

60-70%

President before election

George W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

Kerry

Bush

George W. Bush
Republican

The 2004 United States presidential election in New York 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 31 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

New York was won by Democratic nominee John Kerry with an 18.3% margin of victory. Kerry took 58.37% of the vote to Bush's 40.08%. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Kerry would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. A Republican presidential nominee last carried the state of New York in the 1984 election. As of 2016, this remains the last presidential election the Republicans won over 40% of the vote in New York. Despite being a "safe blue state", this was the best showing for a Republican candidate in New York since 1988. This can largely be attributed to increased support for President Bush after the 9/11 attacks.

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

Kerry won every single pre-election poll, and all but one with a double digit margin and with at least 49%. The final 3 poll average showed Kerry leading 55% to 38%.

Bush raised $11,994,227. Kerry raised $27,733,309.

Neither campaign advertised or visited the state during the fall campaign.

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