2004 United States presidential election in Indiana

• 2004 Indiana 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 Bush won every single pre-election poll, and won each by a double-digit margin of victory and with at least 52% of the vote. The final 3 polls averaged Bush leading 56% to 40%. Fundraising Bush raised $2,491,828. Kerry raised $681,272. Advertising and visits Neither campaign visited or advertised in this state during the fall campaign. ==Analysis==

Indiana has long been considered to be a Republican stronghold. The Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) rates Indiana as a R+8. Indiana was one of only ten states to support Republican Wendell Willkie in 1940. On 14 occasions has the Republican candidate defeated the Democrat by a double-digit margin in the state, including six times where a Republican won the state by more than 20%. In 2005, the Bay Area Center for Voting Research rated the most liberal and conservative cities in the United States on voting statistics in the 2004 presidential election, based on 237 cities with populations of more than 100,000. Five Indiana cities were mentioned in the study. On the liberal side, Gary was ranked second and South Bend came in at 83. Regarding conservative cities, Fort Wayne was 44th, Evansville was 60th and Indianapolis was 82nd on the list. , this is the last election in which St. Joseph County voted for the Republican candidate. ==Results==

By county Counties that flipped Democratic to Republican • Perry (Largest city: Tell City) • Scott (Largest city: Scottsburg) • St. Joseph (Largest city: South Bend) • Vermillion (Largest city: Clinton) Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic • Marion (Largest city: Indianapolis) • Monroe (Largest city: Bloomington) By congressional district Bush won seven of nine congressional districts. ==Electors==

Technically the voters of Indiana cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Indiana is allocated 11 electors because it has 9 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 11 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 11 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 state. All were pledged to and voted for Bush and Cheney. • Kenneth Culp • John Zentz • Michael Miner • Saundra Huddleston • Leeann Cook • Ted Ogle • Melissa Proffitt Reese • Dudley Curea • Larry Shickles • James Kittle • Jean Ann Harcourt ==See also==