Who won Colorado in the 2004 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Colorado in 2004, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Colorado have in 2004?

Colorado cast 9 electoral votes in the 2004 presidential election.

Did Colorado vote for the national winner in 2004?

Yes. Colorado backed George W. Bush, who won the presidency that year.

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2004

Colorado: Bush carries 9 EV.

Colorado cast its 9 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: George W. Bush (Republican) — Colorado voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 2004 result in Colorado

Colorado backed Bush (Republican) in the 2004 presidential election, casting 9 electoral votes for the ticket. Colorado ended up on the winning side — George W. Bush captured the White House that year.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Colorado backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1996. Colorado did not move alone — neighboring Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah broke the same way in 2004. Across the 37 presidential elections Colorado has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (19 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, George W. Bush took 286 of the 538 electoral votes, against John Kerry's 251. George W. Bush led the national popular vote with 50.73% of the ballots cast.

The 2004 national map

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