Minnesota Elections, 2004 - United States Presidential Election in Minnesota, 2004 (Paperback)

Chapters: United States Presidential Election in Minnesota, 2004. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 17. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Previous PresidentGeorge W. BushRepublican The 2004 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 2, 2004 throughout all 50 states and the District of Columbia, which was part of the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Minnesota was won by Democrat nominee John Kerry by a 3.4% margin of victory. Prior to the election, most news organizations considered it as a major swing state in 2004 based on pre-election polling. Although, this state is historically a blue state based on the fact that the last Republican to carry the state in a presidential election was Richard Nixon in 1972. However, in 2000 Al Gore carried the state with just 48% of the vote with a very small margin. In 2004, Minnesota was the only state to split its electoral votes, as a faithless elector pledged to Kerry cast a ballot for John R. Edwards, his vice president. There were 12 news organizations who made state by state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day. Minnesota was considered a swing state based on its tight poll numbers. In early 2004, Kerry was leading in every poll against Bush, sometimes even reaching 50%. However in the summer, Kerry was still leading in most of the polls but the gap was very small. It wasn't until late October when Bush was leading him. In the last poll by Rasmussen Reports, Kerry won with 48% to 47%, but left a lot of undecided voters. In the last 3 polling average, Kerry lead 49% to 47%, but with Bush winning 2 of 3. The last poll average by Real Clear Politics showed Ker...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=579112