Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
1948 Oregon gubernatorial special election
Table title:
Results
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Douglas McKay </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 271,295 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 53.23 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Democratic </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Lew Wallace </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 226,958 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 44.53 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Independent </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Wendell E. Barnett </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 11,380 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2.23 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Total votes </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 509,633 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 100 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=4 rowspan=1 > Republican hold </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
By what percentage of votes did McKay win the election against Wallace's 44.53% vote?
Answer:
McKay won the election with 53.23% to Wallace's 44.53%.