Edward M. Kennedy won with 69.1% of the vote (1,889,494 votes), ahead of Jack E. Robinson III with 12.2% (334,341 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 56.9 percentage points (1,555,153 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 56.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 49.4 points toward Democrats.
2,734,048 votes were counted in this race, for 7 candidates or options.
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