Senate vote: Nomination // February 2, 2009

Confirmation Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Attorney General

Name: Confirmation Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Attorney General
Creator: Spoken For

75 votes, representing 179,409,055 peopleof U.S. adults

21 votes, representing 40,532,322 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.2% 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	75	77.3%
Nay	Lost	21	17.5%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	5.2%

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