Senate vote: Nomination // April 27, 2017

Confirmation R. Alexander Acosta, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor

Name: Confirmation R. Alexander Acosta, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Creator: Spoken For

60 votes, representing 126,904,564 peopleof U.S. adults

38 votes, representing 115,633,050 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.6% 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	60	50.5%
Nay	Lost	38	46.0%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	3.6%

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