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The 2004 United States presidential straw poll in Guam took place on November 2,2004,Guam is a territory and not a state. Thus,it is ineligible to elect members of the Electoral College,instead,the territory conducts a non-binding presidential straw poll during the general election. In turn cast direct electoral votes for president and vice president. [1]
Incumbent Republican president George W. Bush won the straw poll by over 64% of the popular vote. This was the highest percentage of a straw poll in Guam until incumbent future Democratic president Barack Obama defeated Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in 2012. [2]
The votes of Guam residents did not count in the presidential election,but the territory nonetheless conducts a presidential straw poll to gauge islanders' preference for president every election year since 1980. [3]
| 2004 United States presidential straw poll in Guam [4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | Dick Cheney | 21,490 | 64.08% | |
| Democratic | John Kerry | John Edwards | 11,781 | 35.13% | |
| Independent | Ralph Nader | Peter Camejo | 196 | 0.58% | |
| Libertarian | Michael Badnarik | Richard Campagna | 67 | 0.20% | |
| Totals | 33,534 | 100.00% | |||
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