Who won Kansas in the 2004 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Kansas in 2004, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Kansas have in 2004?

Kansas cast 6 electoral votes in the 2004 presidential election.

Did Kansas vote for the national winner in 2004?

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

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2004

Kansas: Bush carries 6 EV.

Kansas cast its 6 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: George W. Bush (Republican) — Kansas voted with the national winner this cycle.

Kansas in 2004

The 2004 contest saw Kansas line up behind Bush, delivering 6 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Kansas ended up on the winning side — George W. Bush captured the White House that year.

It marked the 10th consecutive election in which Kansas backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Kansas did not move alone — neighboring Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Colorado broke the same way in 2004. Across the 41 presidential elections Kansas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (34 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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