Who won Mississippi in the 2004 presidential election?

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

How many electoral votes did Mississippi have in 2004?

Mississippi cast 6 electoral votes in the 2004 presidential election.

Did Mississippi vote for the national winner in 2004?

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

Modern PolarizationMS · 6 EV

2004

Mississippi: Bush carries 6 EV.

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

Reading the 2004 result in Mississippi

Mississippi backed Bush (Republican) in the 2004 presidential election, casting 6 electoral votes for the ticket. Mississippi ended up on the winning side — George W. Bush captured the White House that year.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Mississippi backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1980. Mississippi did not move alone — neighboring Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Alabama broke the same way in 2004. Across the 51 presidential elections Mississippi has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 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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