Senate vote: Nomination // February 2, 2021

Confirmation: Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security

Name: Confirmation: Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security
Creator: Spoken For

56 votes, representing 153,573,902 peopleof U.S. adults

43 votes, representing 99,155,330 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.0% 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	56	59.6%
Nay	Lost	43	38.5%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	2.0%

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