A breakdown of how many people are represented by senators voting for or against conviction in the Feb. 2021 presidential impeachment trial

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Population represented in the U.S. Senate by by Feb. 2021 impeachment trial vote

In February 2021, the U.S. Senate acquitted a former president after an impeachment trial. To convict would have required 2/3 of senators (67 of the full Senate) to vote guilty; the final vote was 57 votes for guilty and 43 votes for not guilty. This chart illustrates how many U.S. residents are represented by senators who voted for and against impeachment.

Population figures are from 2019.

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Copyright © 2021 Christopher L. Phan. This graphic may be copied/modified under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Sources

• Population Data: Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019 (NST-EST2019-01). U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. December 2019. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2010-2019/state/totals/nst-est2019-01.xlsx Retrieved 2021-02-21.

• Senate Data: Roll Call Vote 117th Congress - 1st Session, Vote 59. United State Senate https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00059.xml Retrieved 2021-03-18.

Coming soon

I intend to post the Python script that was used to generate this graphic at some point in the future.

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