Candidate

George W. Bush

Republican

Elections

Won

Electoral votes, all elections

557

Years

2000–2004

Record

George W. Bush: result of each presidential election
Year	Electoral votes	Popular vote	Result
2000	271 of 538	50,456,169 47.8%	Won
2004	286 of 538	62,040,606 50.7%	Won

Popular vote is the sum of the sourced state counts, shown only where every state that held a popular vote has one; sums from county returns (1868–1972) can run a few tenths of a point below national totals published elsewhere.

Electoral votesNational Archives, Electoral College results: 2000, 2004 (public domain, read 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 (CC0 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-03); Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections 2004: presidential results (Public domain (work of the U.S. government, 17 U.S.C. § 105), retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

Election by election

2000Republican · Won

States carried · 30 of 51

Closest states won

Floridaby 537 · 0.01 pts
New Hampshireby 7,211 · 1.3 pts
Missouriby 78,786 · 3.3 pts

Closest states lost

New MexicoGore by 366 · 0.06 pts
WisconsinGore by 5,708 · 0.2 pts
IowaGore by 4,144 · 0.3 pts

Margins computed for 51 of 51 states: those with a sourced popular vote that names Bush.

SourceMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 (CC0 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

From the National Archives

George W. Bush received fewer popular votes than Albert Gore Jr., but received a majority of electoral votes. An elector from the District of Columbia "cast a blank ballot", effectively abstaining, so DC cast only 2 of its 3 electoral votes for a candidate for both President and Vice President.

National Archives, Electoral College results for 2000, archives.gov, read October 3, 2026. Quoted as published.

2004Republican · Won

States carried · 31 of 51

Closest states won

Iowaby 10,059 · 0.7 pts
New Mexicoby 5,988 · 0.8 pts
Ohioby 118,599 · 2.1 pts

Closest states lost

WisconsinKerry by 11,384 · 0.4 pts
New HampshireKerry by 9,274 · 1.4 pts
PennsylvaniaKerry by 144,248 · 2.5 pts

Margins computed for 51 of 51 states: those with a sourced popular vote that names Bush.

From the National Archives

During the counting of the vote in Congress, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) and Sen. Barabara Boxer (D-Calif.) raised objections to the Ohio Certificate of Vote alleging that the votes were not regularly given. Both houses voted to override the objection, 74 to 1 in the Senate and 267 to 31 in the House of Representatives.

National Archives, Electoral College results for 2004, archives.gov, read October 3, 2026. Quoted as published.