Senate vote: Nomination // January 21, 2009

Confirmation Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York, to be Secretary of State

Name: Confirmation Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York, to be Secretary of State
Creator: Spoken For

94 votes, representing 214,556,049 peopleof U.S. adults

2 votes, representing 3,425,255 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.1% 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	94	92.5%
Nay	Lost	2	1.5%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	6.1%

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