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In a rare occurrence, it was found afterwards that Kerry hadn't spent all of the money in his war chest, having over $10 million that could have gone to last minute advertising.  The Democratic party was upset and Kerry never did explain why he allowed this to occur.

In a rare occurrence, it was found afterwards that Kerry hadn't spent all of the money in his war chest, having over $10 million that could have gone to last minute advertising.  The Democratic party was upset and Kerry never did explain why he allowed this to occur.

Due to the high voter turnout and lack of a strong third party candidate, George Bush's tally of over 62 million votes was the most in United States History and surpassed his winning total in 2000 by over 11 million votes.  John Kerry's 59 million was the second highest for a Presidential candidate, and, of course, the highest for a losing candidate.

Due to the high voter turnout and lack of a strong third party candidate, George Bush's tally of over 62 million votes was the most in United States History and surpassed his winning total in 2000 by over 11 million votes.  John Kerry's 59 million was the second highest for a Presidential candidate, and, of course, the highest for a losing candidate. The relative closeness of the victory was mainly due to lopsided Democrat victories in New York and California; ignoring these states, the result would have been a landslide victory for Bush.

    

    

After the election, there were a number of allegations of voter fraud and irregularities by those who couldn't face that their candidate lost <ref>http://www.tompaine.com/articles/kerry_won.php</ref>, <ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was_the_2004_election_stolen/print</ref>, <ref>http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/06/03/kennedy/</ref>, <ref>http://www.motherjones.com/arts/books/2005/11/recounting_ohio.html</ref> and some [[Democratic]] poll workers were convicted of misconduct and failure to perform official duties in a vote rigging scheme to bypass a recount of Presidential election ballots.<ref>[http://www.therealitycheck.org/2007/11/10/2-convicted-for-ohio-vote-fraud-media-forgets-theyre-democrats/ Convicted for Ohio Vote Fraud, Media Forgets They’re Democrats], By Warner Todd Huston.  Retrieved from TheRealityCheck.org November 11, 2007.</ref><ref>http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/01/19/ohio_county_presidential_recount_rigged_to_avoid_work_prosecutor_says/</ref>, but in the end it meant little to the overall scheme of how the election went.

After the election, there were a number of allegations of voter fraud and irregularities by those who couldn't face that their candidate lost <ref>http://www.tompaine.com/articles/kerry_won.php</ref>, <ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was_the_2004_election_stolen/print</ref>, <ref>http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/06/03/kennedy/</ref>, <ref>http://www.motherjones.com/arts/books/2005/11/recounting_ohio.html</ref> and some [[Democratic]] poll workers were convicted of misconduct and failure to perform official duties in a vote rigging scheme to bypass a recount of Presidential election ballots.<ref>[http://www.therealitycheck.org/2007/11/10/2-convicted-for-ohio-vote-fraud-media-forgets-theyre-democrats/ Convicted for Ohio Vote Fraud, Media Forgets They’re Democrats], By Warner Todd Huston.  Retrieved from TheRealityCheck.org November 11, 2007.</ref><ref>http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/01/19/ohio_county_presidential_recount_rigged_to_avoid_work_prosecutor_says/</ref>, but in the end it meant little to the overall scheme of how the election went.

==Results<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2004 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections]</ref>==

==Results<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2004 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections]</ref>==