2004 United States presidential election

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United States presidential election political event

The 2004 United States presidential election was a contest between incumbent Republican President George W. Bush and Democratic Senator John Kerry, culminating in Bush’s re-election amid intense national focus on the Iraq War and national security.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States presidential election → political event →
administeredBy	Federal Election Commission →
campaignMainIssue	Iraq War → War on terror → economy → moral values → national security →
campaignSloganOfGeorge W. Bush	A Safer World and a More Hopeful America →
campaignSloganOfJohn Kerry	Let America Be America Again →
challengerParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
closestKeyState	Ohio →
country	United States →
date	November 2, 2004 →
debates	2004 United States presidential debates →
electoralVoteLoser	John Kerry →
electoralVotesReceivedByGeorge W. Bush	286 →
electoralVotesReceivedByJohn Kerry	251 →
electoralVoteWinner	George W. Bush →
incumbentParty	Republican Party (United States) →
incumbentPresident	George W. Bush →
incumbentVicePresident	Dick Cheney →
loser	John Kerry →
losingParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
mainChallenger	John Kerry →
majorThirdPartyCandidate	David Cobb → Michael Badnarik → Ralph Nader →
nextElection	2008 United States presidential election →
numberOfElectors	538 →
officeContested	President of the United States → Vice President of the United States →
partOf	United States presidential elections →
popularVoteLoser	John Kerry →
popularVotesReceivedByGeorge W. Bush	about 62,040,610 →
popularVotesReceivedByJohn Kerry	about 59,028,444 →
popularVoteWinner	George W. Bush →
previousElection	2000 United States presidential election →
resultedIn	re-election of Dick Cheney as Vice President of the United States → re-election of George W. Bush as President of the United States →
runningMateOfGeorge W. Bush	Dick Cheney →
runningMateOfJohn Kerry	John Edwards →
stateDecisiveInOutcome	Ohio →
tookPlaceDuring	Iraq War → War on terror →
type	indirect election →
usesSystem	Electoral College →
voterTurnout	about 60.1% →
winner	George W. Bush →
winningParty	Republican Party (United States) →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
George W. Bush 2004 presidential campaign → Howard Dean 2004 presidential campaign → John Edwards 2004 presidential campaign → John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign → Wesley Clark 2004 presidential campaign →	election
Iowa Democratic caucuses 2004 → New Hampshire Democratic primary 2004 →	partOf
Ralph Nader ("United States presidential election, 2004") →	candidateInElection
2004 United States presidential election ("2004 United States presidential debates") →	debates
2008 United States presidential election →	follows
2000 United States presidential election →	nextElection
John Edwards →	participantIn
Mary Cheney ("United States presidential election, 2004") →	participatedIn