Senate vote: Nomination // February 27, 2013

Confirmation Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury

Name: Confirmation Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury
Creator: Spoken For

71 votes, representing 177,824,135 peopleof U.S. adults

26 votes, representing 58,457,551 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.4% 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	71	73.5%
Nay	Lost	26	24.2%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	2.4%

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