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:
2004 United States presidential election
Table title:
Results
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Presidential candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Home state </th><th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Popular vote </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Electoral vote </th><th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Running mate </th></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Count </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Percentage </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Vice-presidential candidate </th></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > George Walker Bush </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Texas </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 62,040,610 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 50.73% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 286 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Richard Bruce Cheney </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Wyoming </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 286 </td></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > John Forbes Kerry </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Democratic </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Massachusetts </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 59,028,444 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 48.27% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 251 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > John Reid Edwards </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > North Carolina </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 251 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > John Edwards(a) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Democratic </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > North Carolina </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > John Reid Edwards </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > North Carolina </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Ralph Nader </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Independent </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Connecticut </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 465,650 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.38% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Peter Camejo </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > California </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Michael Badnarik </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Libertarian </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Texas </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 397,265 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.32% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Richard Campagna </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Iowa </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Michael Peroutka </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Constitution </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Maryland </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 143,630 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.12% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Chuck Baldwin </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Florida </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > David Cobb </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Green </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Texas </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 119,859 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.10% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Pat LaMarche </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Maine </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Leonard Peltier </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Peace and Freedom </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Pennsylvania </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 27,607 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.02% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Janice Jordan </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > California </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Walt Brown </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Socialist </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Oregon </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 10,837 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.01% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Mary Alice Herbert </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Vermont </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Róger Calero(b) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Socialist Workers </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > New York </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3,689 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.01% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Arrin Hawkins(b) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Minnesota </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Thomas Harens </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Christian Freedom </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Minnesota </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2,387 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.002% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Jennifer Ryan </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Minnesota </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Other </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 50,652 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.04% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > — </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Other </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > — </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Total </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 122,295,345 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 100% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 538 </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 538 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=5 rowspan=1 > Needed to win </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 270 </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 270 </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
How many popular votes did Bush receive compared to Kerry's?
Answer:
Bush received 62,040,610 popular votes compared to Kerry's 59,028,444.