John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign

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The John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign was the Democratic Party effort led by Senator John Kerry to unseat incumbent President George W. Bush in the 2004 United States presidential election.


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instanceOf United States presidential campaign
political campaign
campaignColor blue
campaignHeadquarters Washington, D.C.
campaignSlogan Let America Be America Again
Stronger at Home, Respected in the World
campaignStart 2003
campaignWebsite johnkerry.com
candidate John Kerry
conventionCity Boston
conventionState Massachusetts
country United States
election 2004 United States presidential election
electionDate 2004-11-02
electionResult lost
electoralVotes 251
ideology liberalism in the United States
incumbentOpponent George W. Bush
keyIssue Iraq War
economy
environmental policy
health care
jobs
national security
tax policy
nominatedBy 2004 Democratic National Convention
nominationDate 2004-07-29
opponent George W. Bush 2004 presidential campaign
opponentCandidate George W. Bush
opponentElectoralVotes 286
opponentRunningMate Dick Cheney
politicalParty Democratic Party (United States)
popularVotes approximately 59,028,000
popularVoteShare 48.3%
positionOnHealthCare expansion of health insurance coverage
positionOnIraqWar critical of Bush administration handling
positionOnTaxes roll back tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans
predecessorCampaign Al Gore 2000 presidential campaign
primaryOpponent Dick Gephardt 2004 presidential campaign
Howard Dean 2004 presidential campaign
John Edwards 2004 presidential campaign
Wesley Clark 2004 presidential campaign
runningMate John Edwards
selectedAsRunningMate John Edwards
successorCampaign Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign
vicePresidentialSelectionDate 2004-07-06
wonPrimary Iowa Democratic caucuses 2004
New Hampshire Democratic primary 2004


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