Senate vote: Nomination // January 26, 2009

Confirmation Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury

Name: Confirmation Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury
Creator: Spoken For

60 votes, representing 145,402,338 peopleof U.S. adults

34 votes, representing 66,308,123 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.8% 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	60	62.7%
Nay	Lost	34	28.6%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	8.8%

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