How does Maryland stack up as a Blue state?

    With the election today it seems that only the swing states have much to go to the polls about in the Presidential race.  Of course the referendum questions on the Maryland ballot do give importance to the election this year.  But with the perceived "blueness" of Maryland I was wondering how we stacked up against other "blue" states.  Nationally if you took a poll most people would identify either Massachusetts, New York or California as the bluest of the blue states.  Maryland might come in a right behind those states. If you eliminate DC as not being a state (it would be the bluest if it was a state and that is one of the reasons they have trouble getting statehood) you might be surprised to find out that the bluest state is actually Hawaii. In Hawaii the Democrats hold a 24-point over Republicans among registered voters.  The Democrats have controlled state government in Hawaii for the 50 years of their statehood.   The only Republican governor was the first one from 1959 to 1962.   Every governor since has been a Democrat and they have only had one Republican senator Hiriam Fong.

     So where does Maryland stack up as a blue state.  We are number 2 after Hawaii with our 22 point lead of registered Democrats over Republicans.  Before 2010 we were actually ahead of Hawaii.  The Maryland State Senate has 34 Democrats and only 13 Republicans (72% Democrat) and the House has 98 Democrats and 43 Republicans (70% Democrat).  Since 1969 when Spiro Agnew left office we have only had one Republican governor for 4 years. For the past 25 years both US Senators have been Democrats and have generally held from 6 to 7 of the 8 House seats.

     So what state is the "reddest?" Utah.  In Utah, Republicans hold a 32-point advantage over Democrats to make it the most Republican state in the country. Idaho ranks second with a 29-point gap. Wyoming, which held a 1-percentage-point edge over Utah in 2010, ranks third this year with a 27-point Republican advantage.

  Wikapedia has the following chart to show the Republican and Democrat make up of each state.

State	2008 Presidential Election	Governor	Upper House Majority	Lower House Majority	Senior U.S. Senator	Junior U.S. Senator	U.S. House Delegation	Demographics
Alabama	Republican	Republican	Republican 22-12-1(a)	Republican 66-39	Republican	Republican	Republican 6-1	Republican 48-34
Alaska	Republican	Republican	Coalition(d) 16-4	Republican 24-16	Republican	Democrat	Republican 1-0	Republican 26-15(g)
Arizona	Republican	Republican	Republican 21-9	Republican 40-20	Republican	Republican	Republican 5-3	Republican 36-32(g)
Arkansas	Republican	Democrat	Democrat 20-15	Democrat 54-46	Democrat	Republican	Republican 3-1	Democrat 41-31
California	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 25-15	Democrat 52-28	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 34-19	Democrat 44-31(g)
Colorado	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 20-15	Republican 33-32	Democrat	Democrat	Republican 4-3	Republican 35-33(g)
Connecticut	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 22-14	Democrat 99-52	Independent(a)	Democrat	Democrat 5-0	Democrat 37-20(g)
Delaware	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 14-7	Democrat 26-15	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 1-0	Democrat 47-29(g)
Florida	Democrat	Republican	Republican 28-12	Republican 81-39	Democrat	Republican	Republican 19-6	Democrat 41-36(g)
Georgia	Republican	Republican	Republican 36-20	Republican 116-63-1(a)	Republican	Republican	Republican 8-5	Republican 44-32
Hawaii	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 24-1	Democrat 43-8	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 2-0	Democrat 40-23
Idaho	Republican	Republican	Republican 28-7	Republican 57-13	Republican	Republican	Republican 2-0	Republican 50-22
Illinois	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 35-24	Democrat 64-54	Democrat	Republican	Republican 11-8	Democrat 46-31
Indiana	Democrat	Republican	Republican 37-13	Republican 60-40	Republican	Republican	Republican 6-3	Republican 46-32
Iowa	Democrat	Republican	Democrat 26-23(b)	Republican 60-40	Republican	Democrat	Democrat 3-2	Republican 32-31(g)
Kansas	Republican	Republican	Republican 32-8	Republican 92-33	Republican	Republican	Republican 4-0	Republican 44-27(g)
Kentucky	Republican	Democrat	Republican 23-15	Democrat 59-41	Republican	Republican	Republican 4-2	Democrat 56-37(g)
Louisiana	Republican	Republican	Republican 24-15	Republican 58-45-2(a)	Democrat	Republican	Republican 6-1	Democrat 51-26(g)
Maine	Democrat	Republican	Republican 19-15-1(a)	Republican 77-72-1(a)-1(b)	Republican	Republican	Democrat 2-0	Democrat 33-28(g)
Maryland	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 35-12	Democrat 98-43	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 6-2	Democrat 56-27(g)
Massachusetts	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 36-4	Democrat 126-33-1(b)	Democrat	Republican	Democrat 10-0	Democrat 37-11(g)
Michigan	Democrat	Republican	Republican 26-12	Republican 63-47	Democrat	Democrat	Republican 9-6	Democrat 40-33
Minnesota	Democrat	Democrat	Republican 37-30	Republican 72-62	Democrat	Democrat	Split 4-4	Democrat 46-30
Mississippi	Republican	Republican	Republican 30-22	Republican 64-58	Republican	Republican	Republican 3-1	Republican 47-38
Missouri	Republican	Democrat	Republican 26-8	Republican 106-57	Democrat	Republican	Republican 6-3	Republican 39-37
Montana	Republican	Democrat	Republican 28-22	Republican 68-32	Democrat	Democrat	Republican 1-0	Republican 39-32
Nebraska	Republican 4	Republican	Unicameral legislature(c): Non-partisan (official) Republican 32-17 (unofficial)		Democrat	Republican	Republican 3-0	Republican 48-34(g)
	Democrat 1(f)
Nevada	Democrat	Republican	Democrat 11-10	Democrat 26-16	Democrat	Republican	Republican 2-1	Democrat 42-37(g)
New Hampshire	Democrat	Democrat	Republican 19-5	Republican 293-105-2(b)	Democrat	Republican	Republican 2-0	Tied 29-29(g)
New Jersey	Democrat	Republican	Democrat 24-16	Democrat 48-32	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 7-6	Democrat 33-20(g)
New Mexico	Democrat	Republican	Democrat 27-15	Democrat 36-33-1	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 2-1	Democrat 48-32(g)
New York	Democrat	Democrat	Republican 32-29-1(b)	Democrat 100-49-1(b)	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 20-8	Democrat 49-25(g)
North Carolina	Democrat	Democrat	Republican 31-19	Republican 68-52	Republican	Democrat	Democrat 7-6	Democrat 45-32(g)
North Dakota	Republican	Republican	Republican 35-12	Republican 69-25	Democrat	Republican	Republican 1-0	Republican 38-29
Ohio	Democrat	Republican	Republican 23-10	Republican 59-40	Democrat	Republican	Republican 13-5	Republican 37-36
Oklahoma	Republican	Republican	Republican 31-16-1(b)	Republican 68-31-2(b)	Republican	Republican	Republican 4-1	Democrat 49-40(g)
Oregon	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 16-14	Split 30-30(e)	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 4-1	Democrat 42-32(g)
Pennsylvania	Democrat	Republican	Republican 30-20	Republican 110-87-6(b)	Democrat	Republican	Republican 12-7	Democrat 51-37(g)
Rhode Island	Democrat	Independent	Democrat 29-8-1(a)	Democrat 65-10	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 2-0	Democrat 38-11(g)
South Carolina	Republican	Republican	Republican 26-19-1(b)	Republican 76-48	Republican	Republican	Republican 5-1	Republican 44-33
South Dakota	Republican	Republican	Republican 30-5	Republican 51-19	Democrat	Republican	Republican 1-0	Republican 46-38(g)
Tennessee	Republican	Republican	Republican 20-13	Republican 65-34	Republican	Republican	Republican 7-2	Republican 38-34
Texas	Republican	Republican	Republican 19-12	Republican 102-48	Republican	Republican	Republican 23-9	Republican 45-21
Utah	Republican	Republican	Republican 22-7	Republican 58-17	Republican	Republican	Republican 2-1	Republican 56-20
Vermont	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 22-8	Democrat 102-47(b)	Democrat	Independent(a)	Democrat 1-0	Democrat 29-27
Virginia	Democrat	Republican	Republican 20-20(h)	Republican 68-32	Democrat	Democrat	Republican 8-3	Republican 39-36
Washington	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 27-22	Democrat 55-42	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat 5-4	Democrat 39-29
West Virginia	Republican	Democrat	Democrat 28-6	Democrat 65-35	Democrat	Democrat	Republican 2-1	Democrat 54-29(g)
Wisconsin	Democrat	Republican	Democrat 17-16(i)	Republican 59-39-1(a)	Democrat	Republican	Republican 5-3	Democrat 38-34
Wyoming	Republican	Republican	Republican 26-4	Republican 50-10	Republican	Republican	Republican 1-0	Republican 63-24(g)