Senate vote: Nomination // March 2, 2017

Confirmation James Richard Perry, of Texas, to be Secretary of Energy

Name: Confirmation James Richard Perry, of Texas, to be Secretary of Energy
Creator: Spoken For

62 votes, representing 123,729,911 peopleof U.S. adults

37 votes, representing 123,813,903 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.6% 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 0.8 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	62	49.2%
Nay	Lost	37	49.2%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	1.6%

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