Senate vote: Nomination // August 6, 2009

Confirmation Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Name: Confirmation Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Creator: Spoken For

68 votes, representing 169,284,499 peopleof U.S. adults

31 votes, representing 60,158,774 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.1% 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	68	73.0%
Nay	Lost	31	25.9%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	1.1%

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