US Pop (www.census.gov) 294,669,815 Population 18 and older (www.claritas.com) 209,128,094
2004 Voting: (www.cnn.com) Bush 58,369,825 Kerry 54,849,678
Total participating voters: 113,219,503
Percentage of eligible voters who bothered to vote: 54.1% (Not bad!)
Assuming that everyone who voted for Bush hates Kerry and loves Bush And everyone who voted for Kerry hates Bush and loves Kerry:
27.9% (19.8% of the US population) of eligible voters Love Bush and Hate Kerry and 26.2% (18.6% of the US population) of eligible voters Love Kerry and Hate Bush