| Candidate (Party Label) | Popular Vote Total | Percent of Popular Vote | |
| George W Bush: (Republican) | 62,040,610 | 50.73% | |
| John F. Kerry: (Democrat) | 59,028,444 | 48.27% | |
| Ralph Nader: (Reform/Populist/Independent) | 465,650 | 0.38% | |
| Michael Badnarik:( Libertarian) | 397,265 | 0.32% | |
| Michael A. Peroutka:( Constitution) | 143,630 | 0.12% | |
| David Cobb: (Green) | 119,859 | 0.10% | |
| Write-in (Miscellaneous): | 37,240 | 0.03% | |
| Leonard Peltier: (Peace and Freedom) | 27,607 | 0.02% | |
| Walter F. Brown: (Socialist/Natural Law) | 10,837 | 0.01% | |
| James Harris: (Socialist Workers) | 7,102 | 0.01% | |
| Roger Calero: (Socialist Workers) | 3,689 | 0.00% | |
| None of these Candidates (Nevada) | 3,688 | 0.00% | |
| Thomas J Harens: (Christian Freedom) | 2,387 | 0.00% | |
| Gene Amondson: (Concerns of People/Prohibition) | 1,944 | 0.00% | |
| Bill Van Auken: (Socialist Equality) | 1,857 | 0.00% | |
| John Parker: (Workers World/Liberty Union) | 1,646 | 0.00% | |
| Charles Jay: (Personal Choice) | 946 | 0.00% | |
| Stanford E (Andy) Andress (Unaffiliated) | 804 | 0.00% | |
| Earl F Dodge: (Prohibition) | 140 | 0.00% | |
| Total: | 122,295,345 |