Senate vote: Nomination // November 8, 2007

Confirmation Michael B. Mukasey of New York, to be Attorney General

Name: Confirmation Michael B. Mukasey of New York, to be Attorney General
Creator: Spoken For

53 votes, representing 111,911,376 peopleof U.S. adults

40 votes, representing 88,073,613 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 12.0% 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 0.8 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	53	49.2%
Nay	Lost	40	38.8%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	12.0%

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