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Senate vote: Nomination // April 19, 2021

Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider Vanita Gupta to be Associate Attorney General

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

Won the vote · Yea

50 votes, representing 145,963,998 people56.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

49 votes, representing 109,872,794 people42.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.8% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5056.6%
NayLost4942.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.8%