Senate vote: Nomination // January 31, 2017

Confirmation Elaine L. Chao, of Kentucky, to be Secretary of Transportation

Name: Confirmation Elaine L. Chao, of Kentucky, to be Secretary of Transportation
Creator: Spoken For

93 votes, representing 225,939,933 peopleof U.S. adults

6 votes, representing 23,841,396 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.7% 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	93	89.8%
Nay	Lost	6	9.5%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	0.7%

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