Senate vote: Nomination // March 14, 2016

Confirmation John B. King, of New York, to be Secretary of Education

Name: Confirmation John B. King, of New York, to be Secretary of Education
Creator: Spoken For

49 votes, representing 136,728,950 peopleof U.S. adults

40 votes, representing 63,975,212 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 19.4% 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	49	54.9%
Nay	Lost	40	25.7%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	19.4%

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