Bill Clinton led the popular vote with 49.2% (47,401,898 votes), ahead of Robert Dole with 40.7% (39,198,482 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 8.5 percentage points (8,203,416 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 8.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 2.8 points toward Democrats.
96,384,210 votes were counted in this race, for 21 candidates or options.
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