Ohio 2.11% (118,601 votes) (tipping point state) Pennsylvania 2.50% (144,248 votes) Nevada 2.59% (21,500 votes) Michigan 3.42% (165,437 votes) Minnesota 3.48% (98,319 votes) Oregon 4.16% (76,332 votes) Colorado 4.67% (99,523 votes) States where margin of victory was more than 5% but less than 10% (149 electoral votes): Florida 5.01% (380,978 votes) Maine's 2nd Congressional District 5.82% (20,762 votes) New Jersey 6.68% (241,427 votes) Washington 7.18% (205,307 votes) Missouri 7.20% (196,542 votes) Delaware 7.59% (28,492 votes) Virginia 8.20% (262,217 votes) Hawaii 8.74% (37,517 votes) Maine 9.00% (66,641 votes) Arkansas 9.76% (102,945 votes) California 9.95% (1,235,659 votes) Statistics Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican) Ochiltree County, Texas 91.97% Madison County, Idaho 91.89% Glasscock County, Texas 91.56% Roberts County, Texas 90.93% Arthur County, Nebraska 90.23% Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic) Washington, D.C. 89.18% Shannon County, South Dakota 84.62% City and County of San Francisco, California 83.02% Macon County, Alabama 82.92% Bronx County, New York 82.80% Notes on results Bush received 62,040,610 popular votes compared to Kerry's 59,028,444. Because of a request by Ralph Nader, New York held a recount. In New York, Bush obtained 2,806,993 votes on the Republican ticket and 155,574 on the Conservative Party ticket. Kerry obtained 4,180,755 votes on the Democratic ticket and 133,525 votes on the Working Families ticket. Nader obtained 84,247 votes on the Independence ticket, and 15,626 votes on the Peace and Justice ticket. Note also: Official Federal Election Commission Report, with the latest, most final, and complete vote totals available. Finance George W. Bush (R) $367,227,801 / 62,040,610 = $5.92 John Kerry (D) $326,236,288 / 59,028,444 = $5.53 Ralph Nader (I) $4,566,037 / 465,151 = $9.82 Michael Badnarik (L) $1,093,013 / 397,265 = $2.75 Michael Peroutka (C) $729,087 / 143,630 = $5.08 David Cobb (G) $493,723 / 119,859 = $4.12 Walt Brown (SPUSA) $2,060 / 10,837 = $0.19 (money spent/total votes=average spent per vote) Source: FEC 2004 United States Electoral College Ballot access Faithless elector in Minnesota One elector in Minnesota cast a ballot for president with the name of "John Ewards" written on it. The Electoral College officials certified this ballot as a vote for John Edwards for president. The remaining nine electors cast ballots for John Kerry. All ten electors in the state cast ballots for John Edwards for vice president (John Edwards's name was spelled correctly on all ballots for vice president). This was the first time in U.S. history