Who won Vermont in the 2004 presidential election?

Kerry (Democratic) carried Vermont in 2004, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Vermont have in 2004?

Vermont cast 3 electoral votes in the 2004 presidential election.

Did Vermont vote for the national winner in 2004?

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

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Vermont: Kerry carries 3 EV.

Vermont cast its 3 electoral votes for Kerry (Democratic). National winner: George W. Bush (Republican) — Vermont voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Vermont, 2004

In 2004, Vermont awarded its 3 electoral votes to Kerry of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — George W. Bush (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Vermont among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Vermont backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1992. Vermont did not move alone — neighboring New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire broke the same way in 2004. Across the 59 presidential elections Vermont has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (33 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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