|
SOCIETY / POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
List: Top Ten States for Obama versus Top Ten States for McCain in 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections
Date: November 2008
Source: Top Ten 10 dot com
Base: All states in the USA.
Notes: The list is ordered by winning percentage margin. Barack Obama scored the highest win in the District of Columbia, with a whopping 85.9% winning margin. John McCain scored highest in Wyoming (32.4%).
|
States For Barack Obama
|
Winning Margin (%)
|
States For John McCain
|
Winning Margin (%)
|
|
D.C.
|
85.9
|
Wyoming
|
32.4
|
|
Hawaii
|
45.3
|
Oklahoma
|
31.3
|
|
Vermont
|
35.6
|
Utah
|
28.7
|
|
Rhode Island
|
27.9
|
Idaho
|
25.5
|
|
Massachusetts
|
25.7
|
Alaska
|
25.1
|
|
New York
|
25.4
|
Alabama
|
21.6
|
|
Delaware
|
25.0
|
Arkansas
|
19.7
|
|
Illinois
|
24.7
|
Louisiana
|
18.7
|
|
Maryland
|
24.0
|
Kentucky
|
16.2
|
|
California
|
23.7
|
Nebraska
|
16.1
|
|