Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
1972 United States presidential election in Michigan
Table title:
Results
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Richard Nixon (inc.) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,961,721 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 56.20% </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Democratic </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > George McGovern </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,459,435 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 41.81% </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > American Independent </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > John G. Schmitz </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 63,321 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1.81% </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Socialist Labor </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Louis Fisher </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2,437 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.07% </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Socialist Workers </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Linda Jenness </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,603 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.05% </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Communist </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Gus Hall </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,210 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.03% </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Write-in </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 598 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.02% </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Total votes </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3,490,325 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 100% </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
How much of the vote did the top 2 candidates receive?
Answer:
Incumbent President Richard Nixon (R), received 56.20% of the vote, while George McGovern (D) received 41.81% of the vote.