Senate vote: Nomination // February 2, 2017

Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to consider the Nomination of Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General

Name: Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to consider the Nomination of Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General
Creator: Spoken For

53 votes, representing 112,662,437 peopleof U.S. adults

45 votes, representing 136,569,528 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.9% 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 5.2 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	53	44.8%
Nay	Lost	45	54.3%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	0.9%

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