2004 United States presidential election in Utah

• 2004 Utah Democratic presidential primary ==Campaign==

Predictions There were 12 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day. Polling The final three polls averaged Bush with 67 percent to Kerry with 25 percent. Fundraising Bush raised $561,645. Kerry raised $262,031. Advertising and visits Neither campaign advertised or visited this state during the fall election. ==Analysis==

Republicans dominate Utah state politics because of the very high Mormon population that accounts for almost seventy percent of the residents throughout the state. Mormons have been known for having very conservative values. While every county voted for Bush, areas such as Summit County (ski resort), Moab (becoming an outpost for environmental activists), Carbon County (largely blue collar), Salt Lake City (urban area with some diversity) and San Juan County (economically distressed and mostly Native American) did give a somewhat greater proportion of their votes to Kerry. However, other areas were uniformly Republican in voting. Utah County's (home of Provo and Brigham Young University) Republican vote (86%) was by far the largest percentage of any county its size in America. ==Results==

Results by county Results by congressional district Bush won all three congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat. ==Electors==

Technically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Utah is allocated five electors because it has three congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of five electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins a plurality of votes in the state is awarded all five electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector. The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 13, 2004, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols. The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 5 were pledged to Bush/Cheney: • Olene S. Walker • Gayle McKeachnie • Lewis K. Billings • Joseph A. Cannon • Scott F. Simpson ==See also==