2004 United States presidential election in Colorado
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The <entity_0> took place on <entity_3>, and was part of the <entity_1>. <entity_6> was won by incumbent <entity_5> <entity_4> by a 4.67% margin of victory. Prior to the election, ten of twelve news organizations considered this a state <entity_4> would win, or otherwise considered as a red state, although both campaigns targeted it as the Democratic candidate, John Kerry, was born in <entity_6>. On election day, <entity_4> did carry <entity_6>, but by only about half the 8.4% margin he won over Al Gore in <entity_7>. As of the 2020 <entity_2>, this is the last time the Republican nominee carried <entity_6> in a <entity_2>, as well as Arapahoe County, Jefferson County, Larimer County, and Ouray County. Nevertheless, <entity_4>'s margin in <entity_6> was reduced substantially with respect to <entity_7>, even as nationally he improved from losing the popular vote by 0.5% to winning it by 2.5%. All of these trends continued into <entity_8> and beyond, contributing to making <entity_6> a lean-Democratic, and, by 2020, a relatively solidly Democratic, state. At the same time, <entity_4> also had areas of improvement in <entity_6>.
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