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Nym90
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« on: October 17, 2013, 06:52:55 PM »
« edited: October 19, 2013, 12:58:35 PM by Nym90 »

For nominees of Democratic Presidents, red indicates both senators voted yes, blue indicates both voted no. For Republican Presidents, blue is yes, red is no. Grey indicates one Senator voted yes, one no. If one senator didn't vote, the state is shaded the way the remaining Senator voted.

First, President Obama's nominees:

Kagan:



Sotomayor:



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Nym90
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« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2013, 12:52:34 PM »
« Edited: October 19, 2013, 12:59:00 PM by Nym90 »

I fixed an error in Sotomayor's map.

Now onto Bush 43:

Alito:



Roberts:

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« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2013, 01:41:17 AM »

Clinton:

Breyer:



Ginsburg:

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« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2013, 01:23:13 PM »

Bush 41:

Thomas:



Souter:

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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2013, 12:20:32 PM »

Reagan:

Kennedy, Scalia, and O'Connor were confirmed unanimously.

Bork:



Rehnquist:

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« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2017, 12:07:56 PM »

Gorsuch:

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« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2017, 12:36:56 PM »

As you can see the Senate has become much more polarized over time, and specificially Senators are much more likely to vote against a President's nominee if their state voted against the President in the most recent election.

No states that voted against Trump had both Senators vote for Gorsuch. Only three states (Maine, Colorado, and Nevada) that Trump lost even had one Senator vote for him. Conversely only one state that voted for Trump had both of its Senators vote against Gorsuch (Michigan).

Compare to Obama who had four states that he lost have both Senators vote for Kagan (West Virginia, Arkansas, North Dakota and Montana) and five states that he lost had both vote for Sotomayor (the above plus Missouri). And no states that Obama won had both Senators vote against either of his nominees. For Sotomayor, among states Obama won just three states (North Carolina, Iowa, and Nevada) had even one vote against and only six had one vote against Kagan (the above plus Massachusetts, Florida, and Ohio).
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