U.S. presidential election, 2004

The U.S. presidential election of 2004 was won by the incumbent President, Republican George W. Bush, who defeated his main rival, Democratic Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts. The election was fought primarily on the issue of the conduct of the War on Terror. Bush defended the actions of his administration, while Kerry contended that the war had been fought incompetently, and that the Iraq War was a distraction from the War on Terror, not a part of it.

External links

; Official candidate websites (alphabetical, by last name)

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:*Michael Badnarik (Libertarian)

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:*David Cobb (Green)

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:*John Kerry (Democrat)

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:*Ralph Nader (Independent)

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:*Michael Peroutka (Constitution)

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A website originally existed for George W. Bush's campaign, but after the election it was removed and the URL now redirects to the Republican Party website. The other five candidates continued to run their campaign websites as personal sites.

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; Official party websites (alphabetical, by political party)

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:*Constitution Party

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:*Democratic National Committee

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:*Green Party of the United States

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:*Libertarian Party

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:*Reform Party

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:*Republican National Committee

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; Election video archive

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:*Internet Archive's Election 2004 archive has lots of freely downloadable movies

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; Election 2004 link directories

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:*Better World Links - 3000 Links on the U.S. Presidential Election 2004

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:*Better World Links on Electronic Voting

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:*E-Democracy - US Election 2004 Links

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:*Looksmart - US Presidential Election 2004

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:*Open Directory Project - Presidential Campaign 2004

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:*Yahoo! - 2004 Presidential Election

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; State-by-state forecasts of electoral vote outcome

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:*Probability analysis of Electoral College based on latest poll results by state

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:*Electoral Vote Predictor 2004

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:*Election Projection: Detailed electoral analysis, updated frequently

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:*Coldheartedtruth Battleground States Election Projection

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:*Federal Review Composite Poll

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:*Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball

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:*Professor Pollkatz's Pool of Polls

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:*Wake Up America Election Projections

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:*Running the Numbers: Election 2004

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:*Swing State Project

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:*Hedgehog Report's Bush vs. Kerry

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:*President Elect: swing-state analysis, updated infrequently

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:*Race 2004

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:*Dale's Electoral College Breakdown 2004

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:*http://polls.ontheweb.nl/

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:*USA Today polls

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:*Electoral college simulations

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; Analysis of the election

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:*2004 popular vote by counties

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:*Assessing the Vote and the Roots of American Political Divide

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:*Alternate views of the electoral results map

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:*Analysis of misleading advertising from both Bush and Kerry

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:*Coldhearted analysis of the election

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:*Election Results Map

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:*Prof. Sam Wang's Electoral College Meta-Analysis

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:*Electoral Vote Predictor

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:*Estimated odds of various election outcomes

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:*Gallup Poll: LATEST SNAPSHOT Based on Likely Voters

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:*Hedgehog Report

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:*How the 2004 Presidential Election Impacted the Way Americans Speak

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:*US Election 2004 Web Monitor

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:*November 2, 2004

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; Minnesota electoral voting snafu

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:*Duluth News Tribune

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:*Minnesota Public Radio

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; Election 2004 global debate and voting

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:*Talk to US

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:*The world speaks

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:*The world votes

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:*Globalvote 2004

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; Election 2004 protests

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:*CounterConvention.org: Information on groups protesting the 2004 Republican National Convention

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; Election 2004 news media

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:*Associated Press Presidential Elections

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:*BBC Vote USA 2004

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:*CNN America Votes 2004

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:*Fox News You Decide 2004: Election 2004 coverage

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:*The Guardian US Elections 2004

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:*The Washington Post Election 2004 coverage

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:*Yahoo! News Election 2004

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:*Directory of Media Endorsements including links to read them and some 2000 vs. 2004 endorsement analysis.

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:*The journal Science's interview with the 2 candidates regarding their positions on science

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; News articles

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:*Green Party considers 2004 strategy - MSNBC, July 2003

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; Election campaign funding

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:*2004 Center for Responsive Politics compiles data about who gives and who receives

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:*Money Maps

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; Interactives

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:*AOL/TIME Presidential Match

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:*Interactive electoral college map

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:*2004 Presidential Election Results (Dave Liep's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections)

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