2004 Presidential Election Results and Analysis

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2004 Presidential ElectionResults and Analysis

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2004 Election by County
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Summary

• Winner George W. Bush
• He won nearly the same states as he had in
  2000. He did however win a clear victory in the
  popular vote. The election period began with a
  quick victory in the Democratic primaries for
  Senator John Kerry. Kerry's early victory and the
  skillful use of the internet allowed Kerry to
  raise as much money as the Republicans. From the
  moment Kerry became the presumptive nominee of
  the Democratic party, the Republicans began an
  intensive attack on Kerry. The democrats made
  Kerry's Vietnam War service a major theme of
  their convention. Following the convention a
  group of Vietnam Veterans called the Swift Boat
  Veterans launched a major attack on Kerry's war
  record, claiming that he did not deserve his
  medals. Despite there being no truth in their
  claims the Swift Boat Veterans received a great
  deal of publicity and their attacks hurt Kerry.
  The Republicans had a successful convention in
  which they attacked Kerry, claiming he was a
  flip-flopper and could not be trusted to fight
  the war on terror. The Republican attacks were
  successful and President Bush opened a
  significant lead. That changed during the first
  debate. In that debate Kerry did significantly
  better then the President. Bush did better is
  subsequent debates but Kerry was considered the
  winner of all three. Events in Iraq in the last
  two weeks before the election seemed to favor
  Kerry, despite that the greater get out the vote
  strategy amongst the Republican faithful as well
  as others who agreed with their values brought
  victory to President Bush
• --Source www.multied.com

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Issues that Concern Voters
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Attributes desired in a President