Senate vote: Nomination // February 24, 2009

Confirmation Hilda L. Solis of California, to be Secretary of Labor

Name: Confirmation Hilda L. Solis of California, to be Secretary of Labor
Creator: Spoken For

80 votes, representing 193,091,630 peopleof U.S. adults

17 votes, representing 33,197,633 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.5% 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	80	83.2%
Nay	Lost	17	14.3%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	2.5%

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