Daniel Patrick Moynihan won with 67.0% of the vote (4,048,649 votes), ahead of Robert R. McMillan with 31.1% (1,875,784 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 36.0 percentage points (2,172,865 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 36.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 50.6 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
6,040,980 votes were counted in this race, for 7 candidates or options.
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