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Election 2004 Results

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2004 presidential election in Arkansas

George W. Bush (Republican) beat John Kerry (Democrat) in Arkansas in 2004, 54.3% to 44.5%, a margin of 9.8 points and 102,945 votes.

Arkansas voted 7.3 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 54 of the 75 counties and Democrats in 21. The largest, Pulaski, cast 151,758 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.0 points. The closest was Dallas, where 32 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
George W. Bush won	Republican	572,898	54.3%
John Kerry	Democratic	469,953	44.5%
All other candidates		12,094	1.1%
Total		1,054,945

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Pulaski	82,755 54.5%	67,617 44.6%	1,386	151,758	D+10.0
Benton	20,756 30.5%	46,571 68.4%	794	68,121	R+37.9
Washington	27,597 43.1%	35,726 55.7%	780	64,103	R+12.7
Sebastian	16,479 37.3%	27,303 61.8%	429	44,211	R+24.5
Garland	18,040 44.9%	21,734 54.1%	380	40,154	R+9.2
Saline	14,153 35.9%	24,864 63.1%	359	39,376	R+27.2
Faulkner	14,538 39.6%	21,514 58.6%	634	36,686	R+19.0
Jefferson	19,675 64.5%	10,218 33.5%	600	30,493	D+31.0
Craighead	13,665 45.9%	15,818 53.1%	318	29,801	R+7.2
White	9,129 34.5%	17,001 64.3%	295	26,425	R+29.8
Lonoke	7,454 33.8%	14,398 65.4%	178	22,030	R+31.5
Pope	7,100 34.0%	13,614 65.1%	188	20,902	R+31.2
Crawford	6,764 33.2%	13,391 65.6%	246	20,401	R+32.5
Baxter	7,129 38.5%	11,128 60.1%	273	18,530	R+21.6
Union	7,071 39.7%	10,502 58.9%	259	17,832	R+19.2
Crittenden	8,277 54.1%	6,930 45.3%	93	15,300	D+8.8
Boone	4,640 31.4%	9,793 66.3%	344	14,777	R+34.9
Miller	6,139 41.8%	8,448 57.6%	91	14,678	R+15.7
Mississippi	7,593 53.6%	6,121 43.2%	439	14,153	D+10.4
Greene	6,561 47.0%	7,232 51.9%	154	13,947	R+4.8
Independence	5,443 41.8%	7,430 57.1%	138	13,011	R+15.3
Hot Spring	5,903 48.9%	5,962 49.4%	203	12,068	R+0.5
Cleburne	4,702 39.7%	7,001 59.2%	132	11,835	R+19.4
Ouachita	5,188 48.7%	5,345 50.2%	117	10,650	R+1.5
Carroll	4,161 39.7%	6,184 59.0%	136	10,481	R+19.3
Columbia	4,108 41.5%	5,729 57.8%	72	9,909	R+16.4
St. Francis	5,684 59.3%	3,815 39.8%	89	9,588	D+19.5
Clark	4,985 54.2%	4,127 44.9%	77	9,189	D+9.3
Phillips	5,642 63.6%	3,161 35.6%	65	8,868	D+28.0
Conway	4,259 49.2%	4,293 49.6%	97	8,649	R+0.4
Logan	3,361 39.3%	5,076 59.4%	114	8,551	R+20.1
Ashley	3,881 45.6%	4,567 53.7%	64	8,512	R+8.1
Johnson	3,622 45.0%	4,311 53.6%	111	8,044	R+8.6
Polk	2,473 31.7%	5,192 66.6%	134	7,799	R+34.9
Poinsett	4,069 52.7%	3,555 46.0%	99	7,723	D+6.7
Sharp	3,265 43.7%	4,097 54.8%	108	7,470	R+11.1
Hempstead	3,817 51.2%	3,580 48.0%	55	7,452	D+3.2
Van Buren	3,310 44.9%	3,988 54.1%	76	7,374	R+9.2
Franklin	3,008 41.3%	4,181 57.4%	100	7,289	R+16.1
Cross	3,135 44.3%	3,864 54.6%	75	7,074	R+10.3
Arkansas	3,110 44.8%	3,789 54.5%	47	6,946	R+9.8
Marion	2,602 37.9%	4,127 60.1%	138	6,867	R+22.2
Grant	2,524 37.3%	4,205 62.1%	41	6,770	R+24.8
Randolph	3,412 51.2%	3,158 47.4%	97	6,667	D+3.8
Yell	2,913 43.7%	3,678 55.2%	68	6,659	R+11.5
Lawrence	3,544 53.6%	2,951 44.6%	120	6,615	D+9.0
Madison	2,421 37.9%	3,873 60.7%	90	6,384	R+22.7
Drew	2,952 47.2%	3,262 52.2%	35	6,249	R+5.0
Jackson	3,515 56.5%	2,624 42.2%	80	6,219	D+14.3
Clay	3,264 53.5%	2,759 45.3%	73	6,096	D+8.3
Stone	2,255 40.6%	3,188 57.5%	106	5,549	R+16.8
Izard	2,586 47.1%	2,833 51.6%	74	5,493	R+4.5
Little River	2,677 50.6%	2,575 48.6%	42	5,294	D+1.9
Fulton	2,370 47.8%	2,522 50.9%	63	4,955	R+3.1
Howard	2,166 43.8%	2,736 55.4%	41	4,943	R+11.5
Chicot	2,993 62.9%	1,725 36.3%	39	4,757	D+26.7
Desha	2,851 61.4%	1,729 37.2%	67	4,647	D+24.1
Sevier	2,035 44.2%	2,516 54.7%	50	4,601	R+10.5
Perry	1,921 43.4%	2,435 55.0%	75	4,431	R+11.6
Newton	1,506 34.4%	2,779 63.5%	93	4,378	R+29.1
Bradley	2,206 51.9%	2,011 47.3%	32	4,249	D+4.6
Lincoln	2,149 52.3%	1,921 46.8%	39	4,109	D+5.5
Lee	2,548 62.5%	1,492 36.6%	40	4,080	D+25.9
Scott	1,473 36.5%	2,514 62.3%	51	4,038	R+25.8
Searcy	1,370 34.3%	2,565 64.3%	57	3,992	R+29.9
Montgomery	1,524 38.5%	2,367 59.8%	67	3,958	R+21.3
Monroe	2,049 55.9%	1,586 43.3%	32	3,667	D+12.6
Prairie	1,562 43.1%	2,030 56.0%	32	3,624	R+12.9
Cleveland	1,450 41.5%	2,009 57.5%	37	3,496	R+16.0
Nevada	1,694 48.7%	1,752 50.4%	31	3,477	R+1.7
Dallas	1,667 49.3%	1,699 50.2%	17	3,383	R+0.9
Pike	1,310 38.9%	2,013 59.8%	44	3,367	R+20.9
Lafayette	1,567 49.1%	1,604 50.3%	20	3,191	R+1.2
Woodruff	1,972 65.2%	1,021 33.7%	33	3,026	D+31.4
Calhoun	942 40.9%	1,341 58.2%	20	2,303	R+17.3

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

Arkansas in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.6
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+27.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+26.9
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+23.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+19.9
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+9.8
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+5.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.9
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+17.7
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+14.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+0.6
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+30.1
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+38.1
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+12.7
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+7.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+6.6
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+12.1
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+40.7
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+58.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.9
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+73.1
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+20.9
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+31.9
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+19.8
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+37.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+34.6
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+20.0
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+15.2
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+28.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+48.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+27.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+16.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.1
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+17.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+20.0
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+4.3
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+7.4

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