The Reddest States

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McCain's best state turns out to be somewhat complicated.

He racked up his highest vote percentage -- 65.6, as of the current count -- in Oklahoma (the N.Y. Times took a look Saturday at antipathy toward Obama in the Sooner State).

But McCain scored his greatest margin of victory in Wyoming. He picked up 65.2% of the vote there and, with Obama getting only 32.7%, that gave McCain a 32.8-percentage-point win.

With Obama having a slightly higher vote total in Oklahoma, McCain's winning margin there was 31.2 percentage points.

In 2004, the reddest of the red was Utah, where George W. Bush won 71.5% of the vote.

In 2000, Bush posted his best showing in Wyoming, where he won 67.7% of the vote (running a close second: Idaho, where 67.1% of the voters backed him).