William Proxmire won with 72.2% of the vote (1,396,970 votes), ahead of Stanley York with 27.0% (521,902 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 45.2 percentage points (875,068 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 45.6 points.
1,935,183 votes were counted in this race, for 6 candidates or options.
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