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by ANDI EGBERT and GABRIEL CORTES | Dec. 19, 2019
Note: Since voting against impeachment, Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey switched his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican. He continues to be listed as a Democrat in our data visualizations because that was his affiliation at the time of his vote.
After a full day of debate and weeks of investigation and public hearings, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump Wednesday. The vote was almost completely along party lines: House Republicans unanimously voted against both articles of impeachment while nearly all their Democratic counterparts voted in favor of the articles.
The final vote count was as follows:
Article I, Abuse of power: 230 yea, 197 nay, 1 present
Article II, Obstruction of Congress: 229 yea, 198 nay, 1 present
Four Democrats broke with their party to oppose impeachment: Reps. Collin Peterson of Minnesota and Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey voted against both articles (Peterson and Van Drew were also the only two Democrats who voted against advancing the impeachment inquiry in October). Rep. Jared Golden of Maine split his vote between the two articles: he voted to impeach Trump for abuse of power but voted against the charge of obstructing Congress. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii cast her vote as “present” for both articles; Gabbard is currently running for the Democratic nomination for president.
Article I: Abuse of power
Article II: Obstruction of Congress
Separately, three representatives did not cast ballots: Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), José Serrano (D-N.Y.) and John Shimkus (R-Ill.).
As with our previous impeachment coverage, the APM Research Lab has mapped every representative’s vote and has included data from the 2016 and 2018 elections. Peterson’s and Van Drew’s districts are in purple; Golden’s district is in light blue, and Gabbard’s is in lavendar. Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.), who left the Republican Party in July and voted for both impeachment articles, is represented in green. The districts of the three congressmen who did not vote are in gray; vacant districts are in yellow.
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Scroll to the bottom of the page for more details of how each district voted in the 2016 presidential election.
How did the these districts vote in the 2016 presidential election? Check out the graph below to see what each district’s support was for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.
