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Election 2004 Results

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2004 presidential election in Arizona

George W. Bush (Republican) beat John Kerry (Democrat) in Arizona in 2004, 54.9% to 44.4%, a margin of 10.5 points and 210,770 votes.

Arizona voted 8.0 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+2.5.

The Republican hold continued from 2000, when George W. Bush also won.

Republicans led in 11 of the 15 counties and Democrats in 4. The largest, Maricopa, cast 1,192,751 votes and went to the Republican by 14.6 points. The closest was Greenlee, where 753 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George W. Bush won Republican 1,104,294 54.9%
John Kerry Democratic 893,524 44.4%
All other candidates 14,767 0.7%
Total2,012,585

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Maricopa 504,849 42.3% 679,455 57.0% 8,447 1,192,751 R+14.6
Pima 193,128 52.6% 171,109 46.6% 2,670 366,907 D+6.0
Yavapai 33,127 37.9% 53,468 61.2% 794 87,389 R+23.3
Pinal 27,252 42.2% 37,006 57.3% 364 64,622 R+15.1
Mohave 20,503 35.5% 36,794 63.6% 510 57,807 R+28.2
Coconino 29,243 55.9% 22,526 43.1% 498 52,267 D+12.9
Cochise 17,514 39.4% 26,556 59.7% 413 44,483 R+20.3
Yuma 16,032 41.7% 22,184 57.7% 249 38,465 R+16.0
Navajo 14,815 45.8% 17,277 53.4% 251 32,343 R+7.6
Apache 15,658 64.7% 8,384 34.6% 156 24,198 D+30.1
Gila 8,314 39.9% 12,343 59.2% 186 20,843 R+19.3
Santa Cruz 6,909 59.2% 4,668 40.0% 91 11,668 D+19.2
Graham 3,185 29.7% 7,467 69.7% 68 10,720 R+39.9
La Paz 1,849 36.6% 3,158 62.5% 48 5,055 R+25.9
Greenlee 1,146 37.4% 1,899 61.9% 22 3,067 R+24.6

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Arizona in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+5.5
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+0.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+3.5
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+9.1
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.5
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+10.5
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+6.3
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.2
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+2.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+21.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+33.9
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+32.4
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+16.6
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+31.3
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+19.8
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+1.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+11.2
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.1
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+16.7
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+10.0
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.9
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+27.5
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+42.9
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+36.5
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+15.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+5.8
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+11.2
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+21.8
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+30.8