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:
Socialist Party of America
Table title:
Presidential tickets
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Election year </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Result </th><th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Nominees </th></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > President </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Vice President </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1900 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 87,945 votes (0.6%), lost </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=4 > Journalist and orator Eugene V. Debs </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Utopian socialist Job Harriman </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1904 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 402,810 votes (3.0%), lost </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Journalist Benjamin Hanford </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1908 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 420,793 votes (2.8%), lost </td></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1912 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 901,551 votes (6.0%), lost </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Mayor of Milwaukee Emil Seidel </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1916 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 590,524 votes (3.2%), lost </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Newspaper editor Allan L. Benson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Political activist George R. Kirkpatrick </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1920 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 913,693 votes (3.4%), lost </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Journalist and orator Eugene V. Debs </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Civil liberties lawyer Seymour Stedman </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1924 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4,831,706 votes (16.6%), lost </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Montana Senator Burton K. Wheeler </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1928 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 267,478 votes (0.7%), lost </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=6 > Pacifist Norman Thomas </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Trade unionist James H. Maurer </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1932 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 884,885 votes (2.2%), lost </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1936 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 187,910 votes (0.4%), lost </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Dairy farmer George A. Nelson </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1940 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 116,599 votes (0.2%), lost </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Economics professor Maynard C. Krueger </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1944 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 79,017 votes (0.2%), lost </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Former Pennsylvania Representative Darlington Hoopes </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1948 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 139,569 votes (0.3%), lost </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Economics professor Tucker P. Smith </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1952 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 20,065 votes (<0.1%), lost </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Former Pennsylvania Representative Darlington Hoopes </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Journalist Samuel H. Friedman </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1956 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2,044 votes (<0.1%), lost </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
How man total votes were casted?
Answer:
The socialist ticket in 1912, Debs gained 901,551 votes, or 6% of the vote.