Senate vote: Nomination // March 19, 2009

Confirmation Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General

Name: Confirmation Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General
Creator: Spoken For

61 votes, representing 130,746,574 peopleof U.S. adults

31 votes, representing 74,565,628 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 11.5% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	61	56.4%
Nay	Lost	31	32.1%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	11.5%

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