Bill Clinton led the popular vote with 43.0% (44,954,303 votes), ahead of George H.W. Bush with 37.4% (39,103,872 votes). Presidents are chosen by the Electoral College, so the popular vote winner is not always the winner of the election.
The margin between the first two candidates was 5.6 percentage points (5,850,431 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 5.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 13.4 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
104,599,780 votes were counted in this race, for 24 candidates or options.
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