The Democratic team of John Kerry and John Edwards defeated Republicans George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in Elon's mock presidential election. Kerry/Edwards polled 51% of the vote to Bush/Cheney's 44%. Read this note for full details of the vote.
The mock election was held online from Oct. 21 to Oct. 26. A total of 2,347 students, faculty and staff cast a ballot. Here are the final vote totals:
| Candidates | Students | Faculty | Staff | TOTAL |
| Kerry/Edwards | 954 | 141 | 92 | 1,187 |
| Bush/Cheney | 904 | 39 | 94 | 1,037 |
| Nader/Camejo | 106 | 1 | 1 | 108 |
| Badnarik/Campagna | 12 | 2 | 1 | 15 |