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 Presidential 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 0% 11% 3% 48% 26% 0% 0% 12% Kerry Wyoming March 20 665 0% 4% 4% 79% 6% 0% 0% 7% Kerry Colorado April 13 12,000 0% 2% 1% 61% 13% - 0% 22% Kerry North Carolina April 17 17,809 - 6% 51% 27% 12% - 3% 1% Edwards Pennsylvania April 27 787,034 - 10% 10% 74% 4% - - 3% Kerry Indiana May 4 317,211 5% 7% 11% 73% 2% - - 1% Kerry Nebraska May 11 71,572 - 8% 14% 73% 2% - 2% 1% Kerry West Virginia May 11 246,056 4% 4% 14% 69% 2% 5% - 2% Kerry Arkansas May 18 265,849 - - - 66% 5% - - 28% Kerry Kentucky May 18 229,805 3% 4% 15% 60% 2% 5% 2% 10% Kerry Oregon May 18 368,544 - - - 79% 16% - - 5% Kerry Idaho May 25 31,485 - - - 82% 5% - 3% 10% Kerry Alabama June 1 217,228 - - - 75% 4% - - 21% Kerry South Dakota June 1 84,405 - 6% - 82% 2% - - 10% Kerry Montana June 8 91,914 4% - 9% 68% 11% - - 8% Kerry New Jersey June 8 208,176 - - - 92% 4% - - 3% Kerry Note: Joe Lieberman withdrew from the race after the contests on Feb. 3, Wesley Clark after the primaries on Feb. 10, Howard Dean after the Wisconsin primary on Feb. 17, and John Edwards after the Super Tuesday voting on March 2. Al Sharpton endorsed John Kerry on the eve of the March 16 primary in Illinois, but continued to seek delegates.
2004 Democratic Delegate Count (through March 2004) The following chart tracks the results of Democratic delegate-selection events through March, or roughly the end of the competitive stage of the party's 2004 presidential nominating process. By that time John Kerry had won a majority of the delegates needed to assure his nomination. Altogether, 3,520 Democratic delegates this year are elected to reflect the results of primaries and caucuses, with 15% of the vote needed statewide or in a district (usually a congressional district) for a candidate to win a share. There are another 800 or so "superdelegates" - prominent party and elected officials, such as Democratic governors, members of Congress, and members of the Democratic National Committee - who are guaranteed delegate seats by virtue of their position and can vote for the candidate of their choice. The totals below are for elected delegates only, and reflect the allocation to candidates as a result of the state's primary or caucus.     Date Elected Delegates Clark Dean Edwards Kerry Kucinich Lieberman Sharpton Other Dist. of Columbia   Jan. 13 - - - - - - - - - Iowa   Jan. 19 45 - 7 18 20 - - - - New Hampshire   Jan. 27 22 - 9 - 13 - - - - Arizona   Feb. 3 55 14 3 - 38 - - - - Delaware   Feb. 3 15 - - - 14 - - 1 - Missouri   Feb. 3 74 - - 26 48 - - - - New Mexico   Feb. 3 26 8 4 - 14 - - - - North Dakota   Feb. 3 14 5 - - 9 - - - - Okalahoma   Feb. 3 40 15 - 13 12 - - - - South Carolina   Feb. 3 45 - - 28 17 - - - - Michigan* Feb. 7 128 - 24 6 91 - - 7 - Washington Feb. 7 76 - 29 - 47 - - - - Maine Feb. 8 24 - 9 - 15 - - - - Tennessee Feb. 10 69 18 - 20 31 - - - - Virginia Feb. 10 82 - - 28 54 - - - - Dist. of Columbia   Feb. 14 16 - 3 - 9 - - 4 - Nevada   Feb. 14 24 - 3 - 20 - - - - Wisconsin   Feb. 17 72 - 13 24 30 - - - - Hawaii   Feb. 24 20 - - - 12 8 - - - Idaho   Feb. 24 18 - - 6 12 - - - - Utah   Feb. 24 23 - - 9 14 - - - - California   March 2 370 - - 82 288 - - - - Connecticut   March 2 49 - - 14 35 - - - - Georgia   March 2 86 - - 32 37 - - - - Maryland   March 2 69 - - 13 26 - - - - Massachusetts   March 2 93 - - 13 80 - - - - Minnesota   March 2 72 - - 14 26 5 - - - New York   March 2 236 - - 54 174 - - 8 - Ohio   March 2 140 - - 55 81 4 - - - Rhode Island   March 2 21 - - - 21 - - - - Vermont   March 2 15 - 9 - 6 - - - - Florida March 9 177 - - 3 174 - - - - Louisiana March 9 60 - - 10 50 - - - - Mississippi March 9 33 - - - 33 - - - - Texas March 9 195 - - 9 118 - - - - Kansas   March 13 33 - 1 - 32 - - - - Illinois   March 16 156 - - - - - - - - Alaska   March 20 13 - - - - - - - - Wyoming   March 20 13 - - - 13 - - - - Total   2,719 60 114 477 1,714 17 - 20 - Note: Based on incomplete delegate counts from Alaska, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, Texas, Wisconsin, American Samoa and Democrats Abroad.
Democratic Primary Turnout … Comparing 2004 with Previous Highs Turnout for Democratic presidential nominating events in 2004 got off to a strong start. Voter participation in the Iowa caucuses came close to the record high for the event set in 1988, while turnout for the Democratic primary in New Hampshire easily broke the previous record for the number of ballots cast for a Democratic primary in the Granite State. Since then, Democratic turnout records have been set in seven other primary states, although with the exception of Howard Dean's home state of Vermont and South Dakota - where a special congressional election was held in conjunction with the primary - all the states have a relatively short history of presidential primaries. An asterisk (*) indicates primaries that were conducted by the party, not the state. A pound sign (#) indicates there were also primaries scheduled for Congress as well as for president. Participation in "closed" primaries was limited to registered Democrats. In "semi-open" primaries, registered independents could also participate. In "open" primaries, any registered voter could take part in the Democratic primary. The Democratic primaries in Idaho and the District of Columbia were non-binding "beauty contests," which had no bearing on delegate selection.         Democratic Turnouts   Event Date Voting System Previous High 2004 Turnout '04 Turnout as % of Previous High Election Turnout Dist. of Columbia Jan. 13 Closed 1984 102,731 42,516 41.4% Iowa (caucuses) Jan. 19 Semi-open* 1988 126,000 124,331 98.7% New Hampshire Jan. 27 Semi-open 1992 167,819 219,787 131.0% Arizona Feb. 3 Closed 2000 86,762 238,942 275.4% Delaware Feb. 3 Closed 2000 11,141 33,291 298.8% Missouri Feb. 3 Open 1988 527,805 418,339 79.3% New Mexico* Feb. 3 Closed 1988 188,610 102,096 54.1% Oklahoma Feb. 3 Closed 1992 416,129 302,385 72.7% South Carolina* Feb. 3 Open 1992 116,414 293,843 252.4% Michigan* Feb. 7 Open 1972 1,588,073 163,769 10.3% Tennessee Feb. 10 Open 1988 576,314 369,385 64.1% Virginia Feb. 10 Open 1988 364,899 396,181 108.6% Wisconsin Feb. 17 Open 1972 1,128,584 826,250 73.2% Utah* Feb. 24 Open 2000 15,687 34,854 222.2% California# March 2 Semi-open 1972 3,564,518 3,107,629 87.2% Connecticut March 2 Closed 1988 241,395 130,023 53.9% Georgia March 2 Open 1984 684,541 626,738 91.6% Maryland# March 2 Closed 1976 591,746 481,476 81.4% Massachusetts March 2 Semi-open 1980 907,323 615,188 67.8% New York March 2 Closed 1988 1,575,186 715,633 45.4% Ohio# March 2 Open 1984 1,447,236 1,193,399 82.5% Rhode Island March 2 Semi-open 1976 60,348 35,759 59.2% Vermont March 2 Open 1984 74,059 82,881 111.9% Florida March 9 Closed 1976 1,300,330 753,762 58.0% Louisiana March 9 Closed 1988 624,450 161,653 25.9% Mississippi# March 9 Open 1988 359,417 76,298 21.2% Texas# March 9 Open 1988 1,767,045 839,231 47.5% Illinois# March 16 Open 1984 1,659,425 1,217,515 73.4% Pennsylvania# April 27 Closed 1984 1,656,294 787,034 47.5% Indiana# May 4 Open 1968 776,513 317,211 40.9% Nebraska# May 11 Closed 1972 192,137 71,572 37.3% West Virginia# May 11 Closed 1960 388,697 246,056 63.3% Arkansas# May 18 Open 1992 502,617 265,849 52.9% Kentucky# May 18 Closed 1992 370,578 229,805 62.0% Oregon# May 18 Closed 1976 432,632 368,544 85.2% Idaho# May 25 Open 1976 74,405 31,485 42.3% Alabama# June 1 Open 1992 450,899 217,228 48.2% South Dakota# June 1 Closed 1988 71,606 84,405 117.9% Montana# June 8 Open 1980 130,059 91,914 70.7% New Jersey# June 8 Semi-open 1984 676,561 208,176 30.8% Note: The 2004 turnout figures are official for primaries held through March, with the exception of New Mexico and Ohio. For primaries held since March, results are official for Idaho, Nebraska, Oregon and South Dakota, and unofficial for the other contests.
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