2004 presidential election results

The United States elections were held on November 7, Republican governor George W. Bush of Texas defeated Democratic Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee in the presidential election.

Republicans retained control of both houses of Congress, giving the party unified control of Congress and the presidency for the first time since the elections.

With Democratic president Bill Clinton term-limited, Gore won his party's nomination by defeating Senator Bill Bradley in the Democratic primaries.

1996 election results

Bush defeated Senator John McCain in the Republican primaries to win his party's presidential nomination. Bush took of the electoral votes, winning the decisive state of Florida by a margin of votes after a recount was halted by the Supreme Court in the case of Bush v.

Gore. Bush was the first winning presidential candidate to lose the popular vote since the presidential election. This marked the first time since that the president's party lost seats in both Houses.