Data Points: Largest and Smallest Margins of Victory for Barack Obama and John McCain

By U.S. News Staff

November 5, 2008 RSS Feed Print
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  • 45%: Obama's margin of victory in Hawaii (100% of precincts reporting)
  • Less than 1%: McCain's margin of victory in Missouri (100% of precincts reporting)
  • 32%: McCain's margin of victory in Wyoming and Oklahoma (100% of precincts reporting)

Sources: CNN, MSNBC

Corrected on 11/05/08: An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported Barack Obama's largest margin of victory. His largest margin was in Hawaii.

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The Washington DC results (awarding 3 electoral votes)

Obama 210,403 93%

McCain 14,821 7%

That's an 86 point difference.

of DC 5:27PM November 05, 2008

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