Who won Massachusetts in the 2004 presidential election?

Kerry (Democratic) carried Massachusetts in 2004, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Massachusetts have in 2004?

Massachusetts cast 12 electoral votes in the 2004 presidential election.

Did Massachusetts vote for the national winner in 2004?

No. Massachusetts backed Kerry, while George W. Bush won the presidency nationally.

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2004

Massachusetts: Kerry carries 12 EV.

Massachusetts cast its 12 electoral votes for Kerry (Democratic). National winner: George W. Bush (Republican) — Massachusetts voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 2004 result in Massachusetts

Massachusetts backed Kerry (Democratic) in the 2004 presidential election, casting 12 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — George W. Bush (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Massachusetts among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Massachusetts backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1984. Massachusetts did not move alone — neighboring Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire broke the same way in 2004. Across the 60 presidential elections Massachusetts has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 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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