Senate vote: Nomination // February 17, 2017

Confirmation Scott Pruitt, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Name: Confirmation Scott Pruitt, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Creator: Spoken For

52 votes, representing 109,064,892 peopleof U.S. adults

46 votes, representing 137,198,065 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.1% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 6.6 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	52	43.4%
Nay	Lost	46	54.6%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	2.1%

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