NORTH DAKOTA 3 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, North Dakota Secretary of State)
Total Population, July 1, 2004 est. 634,366
Eligible Voters, Nov. 2002:  481,351   No Voter Registration
North Dakota has: 53 counties.
Largest counties: Cass, Grand Forks, Ward.

Government
Governor: John Hoeven (R) elected in 2000, re-elected in 2004.
State Legislature: ND Dakota Legislative Assembly and ND Legislative Council
   House: 98 seats  Senate: 49 seats
Local: Cities and Counties   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 1D - Earl Pomeroy (D)
U.S. Senate: Kent Conrad (D) re-elected in 2000, Byron Dorgan (D) re-elected in 2004. 
 Peace Garden State
 

 State of North Dakota
Elections Division

Libertarian Party of ND
Natural Law Party of ND
ND Democratic-NPL Party
ND Republican Party
Reform Party of ND
Constitution Party of ND

Bismarck Tribune
Media (Newsp.)
Media (TV)

Politics1-ND

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
 196,651
(62.86)
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
 111,052
(35.50)
Michael Peroutka (Const.) 514 (0.16)
Michael Badnarik (Lib.)
851 
(0.27)
Ralph Nader (Ind.)
 3,756
(1.20)
Martin Wishnatsky (w/in)
 9
Total........312,833
 
Total ballots cast: 316,049.
2004 Overview
Although North Dakota experienced a 1.2% decrease in population in the period from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2004, 8.5% more people voted in the Nov. 2004 race for president than had voted in 2000.  Bush won with a plurality of 85,599 votes (27.36 percentage points).  Bush carried 49 counties to 4 for Kerry (Benson, Rolette, Sioux and Steele).
 
(Primary Election: June 8, 2004)
 
Past Results
1996
Dole (Rep.)..............125,050   (46.94)
Clinton (Dem.)..........106,905   (40.13)
Perot (Ref.)................32,515   (12.20)
Others (3)...................1,941     (0.73)
Total............266,411

1992
Bush (Rep.)..............136,244  (44.22)
Clinton (Dem.)...........99,168   (32.18)
Perot (Ind.)................71,084   (23.07)
Others (5+w/in)............1,637    (0.53)
Total............308,133

2000
Gore/Lieberman (Dem-NPL)
95,284
(33.06)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
174,852
(60.66)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
7,288
(2.53)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
373
(0.13)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (Ind.)
313
(0.11)
Nader/LaDuke (Ind.)
9,486
(3.28)
Browne/Olivier (Ind.)
660
(0.23)
Total........288,256

Total ballots cast: 292,249.
 

2000 Overview
To no one's surprise the Bush-Cheney ticket handily claimed North Dakota's three electoral votes, winning with a plurality of 79,586 votes (27.60 percentage points) and carrying 51 of 53 counties.  Pat Buchanan, who visited Fargo on Oct. 17, achieved one of his best showings nationwide in North Dakota -- a meager 2.5%.  Gore's two counties were Sioux (on the southern edge of the state; part of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation) and Rolette (on the northern edge of the state; encompases Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation).
Notes: Established political parties in North Dakota were the Republican, Democratic-NPL and Reform parties.  Third parties could establish themselves and gain access by April 14, 2000 (the sixtieth day prior to the June 13, 2000 Primary Election) as the Constitution Party did. Other candidates must run under Independent nominations, requiring submission of petitions containing signatures of 4,000 qualified North Dakota electors to the Secretary of State by Sept. 8, 2000 at 4 p.m. (the sixtieth day prior to the Nov. 7, 2000 General Election).

Democratic Precinct Caucus -- Tuesday, February 3, 2004
On August 13, 2003 Secretary of State Al  Jaeger announced that he had set the date of the state's presidential caucuses as February 3, 2004.
CLARK  DEAN   EDWARDS   KERRY    former GEPHARDT
   
 ballot
100% of caucus sites reporting.
Total Vote
Percent
Wesley Clark
 2,502
24%
Howard Dean
 1,231
12%
John Edwards
 1,025
10%
+John Kerry
 5,366
51%
Dennis Kucinich
 308
3%
Joe Lieberman
 98
1%
Al Sharpton
 28
0%
Total
10,558
Result: John Kerry - 9 Delegates.  Wesley Clark - 5 delegates.
22 Delegates (14 Pledged, 8 Unpledged) and 4 Alternates
 
 
 
 
 

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