Obama and McCain by BCS Conference

Ever wonder which BCS conference is the “reddest” or “bluest”? I examined the voting patterns of each of the major BCS conferences. It turns out that every winning presidential candidate has won the states in his home “conference,” including Obama, who swept the Big Ten states from Happy Valley to the Hawkeye State. This was also published as an Op-Ed in the DC Examiner.

The Oklahoma-Texas Tech game Saturday night was about as close as the Obama-McCain matchup in Oklahoma. If you missed the game, Oklahoma was up 42-7 at half and eventually won by a crushing 65-21 margin. The presidential contest in the Sooner State wasn’t much closer — McCain swept all 77 counties and won 66%, making it his strongest state. He even outperformed George W. Bush in all but a handful of counties.

The neighboring states of Texas and Kansas, which also host Big 12 teams, weren’t far behind in supporting the GOP candidate.

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