2004 United States presidential election in Wyoming

November 2, 2004
Turnout	104.7% (of registered voters) 64.1% (of voting age population)
Nominee George W. Bush John Kerry Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Massachusetts Running mate Dick Cheney John Edwards Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 167,629 70,776 Percentage 68.86% 29.07%
County results Bush   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% Kerry   50-60%
President before election George W. Bush Republican Elected President George W. Bush Republican

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The 2004 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Wyoming was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 39.8% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. This was based on pre-election polling, the fact that the last Democrat to win here was Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, and how Bush carried this state in 2000 with almost 68% of the vote. On election day Bush won every county with over 65% except for Teton County, which Kerry won with 53% and Albany County, which Bush won with 54% of the vote. Bush thus became the first ever Republican to win the White House without carrying Teton County.

With 68.86% of the popular vote, Wyoming would prove to be Bush's second strongest state in the 2004 election after neighboring Utah.^[1]

Caucuses

• 2004 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses

Campaign

Analysis

Wyoming is a Republican bastion. The last Democrat to win a senate election was Gale W. McGee in 1970. The last Democrat to win the at-large seat was Teno Roncalio in 1978. The last time the Democrats controlled the Wyoming House of Representatives was 1966. The last time Democrats controlled the Wyoming Senate was 1938. The state, however, did elect Democratic governors from 1974 to 2010 with only an eight-year interruption of Jim Geringer's tenure from 1995 to 2003.

In presidential elections, Wyoming is one of the most reliable red states in the country. The last Democrat to carry the state, or even crack the 40% mark, was LBJ in 1964, and before that was Harry S. Truman in 1948. Since 1968, every Republican carried this state by a double-digit margin of victory, except in 1992. As far as popular vote percentage, the 2004 results were the third best performance by the Republican party since 1964, behind only Richard Nixon (69.0%) in 1972 and Ronald Reagan (70.5%) in 1984. With regards to the margin of victory, the 2004 election (at 39.8%) was also the third best performance, behind only George W. Bush (40.1%) in 2000 and Ronald Reagan (42.3%) in 1984.

CNN exit polls showed 72% of the state approved of Bush, and 69% approved of his decision to go to war.^[8]

Results

By county

County	George W. Bush Republican		John Kerry Democratic		Others		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Albany	9,006	54.17%	7,117	42.81%	501	3.01%	1,889	11.36%	16,624
Big Horn	4,232	80.11%	960	18.17%	91	1.72%	3,272	61.94%	5,283
Campbell	12,415	82.22%	2,464	16.32%	220	1.46%	9,951	65.90%	15,099
Carbon	4,758	67.23%	2,158	30.49%	161	2.27%	2,600	36.74%	7,077
Converse	4,447	77.68%	1,184	20.68%	94	1.64%	3,263	57.00%	5,725
Crook	2,836	83.51%	501	14.75%	59	1.74%	2,335	68.76%	3,396
Fremont	11,429	66.85%	5,338	31.22%	329	1.92%	6,091	35.63%	17,096
Goshen	4,114	71.19%	1,566	27.10%	99	1.71%	2,548	44.09%	5,779
Hot Springs	1,812	73.06%	623	25.12%	45	1.81%	1,189	47.94%	2,480
Johnson	3,231	80.96%	676	16.94%	84	2.10%	2,555	64.02%	3,991
Laramie	25,951	65.07%	13,171	33.03%	757	1.90%	12,780	32.04%	39,879
Lincoln	6,423	81.16%	1,364	17.24%	127	1.60%	5,059	63.92%	7,914
Natrona	21,512	67.08%	9,863	30.76%	693	2.16%	11,649	36.32%	32,068
Niobrara	1,064	80.97%	230	17.50%	20	1.52%	834	63.47%	1,314
Park	10,917	76.71%	3,007	21.13%	307	2.16%	7,910	55.58%	14,231
Platte	3,149	68.85%	1,328	29.03%	97	2.12%	1,821	39.82%	4,574
Sheridan	9,689	69.06%	4,066	28.98%	274	1.95%	5,623	40.08%	14,029
Sublette	2,847	77.98%	730	19.99%	74	2.03%	2,117	57.99%	3,651
Sweetwater	10,653	65.47%	5,208	32.01%	411	2.53%	5,445	33.46%	16,272
Teton	5,124	45.11%	5,972	52.58%	263	2.32%	-848	-7.47%	11,359
Uinta	6,081	75.25%	1,815	22.46%	185	2.29%	4,266	52.79%	8,081
Washakie	3,200	77.78%	855	20.78%	59	1.43%	2,345	57.00%	4,114
Weston	2,739	80.75%	580	17.10%	73	2.15%	2,159	63.65%	3,392
Total	167,629	68.86%	70,776	29.07%	5,023	2.06%	96,853	39.79%	243,428

County Flips:

Democratic   Hold   Gain from Republican

Republican   Hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Teton (largest city: Jackson)

Electors

Technically the voters of Wyoming cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Wyoming is allocated three electors because it has one congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of three electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all three electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 13, 2004, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.

The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All three were pledged for Bush/Cheney.^[10]

1. Linda Barker
2. Jack Van Mark
3. Mike Baker

See also

• United States presidential elections in Wyoming
• Presidency of George W. Bush

References