Senate vote: Nomination // May 26, 2006

Confirmation Brett M. Kavanaugh of Maryland to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit

Name: Confirmation Brett M. Kavanaugh of Maryland to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit
Creator: Spoken For

57 votes, representing 111,338,551 peopleof U.S. adults

36 votes, representing 93,473,874 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.0% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 0.6 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	57	49.4%
Nay	Lost	36	41.5%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	9.0%

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them