If we give each Senator the weight of half the population of his or her home state this is how the current Yes and No votes on the Senate floor break down. Senators voting "Yes" on Alito : 145,147,446 citizens Senators voting "No" on Alito: 131,456,084 citizens Undeclared Senators: 16,181,968 citizens Since most of the undeclared Senators are Democrats, these numbers may well get closer. (The numbers have been updated to reflect: Susan Collins (R) of Maine is a YES. Robert Byrd (D) of VA is a YES. Thomas Carper (D) of Delaware is a NO, Stevens (R) of Alaska YES, Pryor (D) of Arkansas NO, Obama (D) Illinois, NO, Cantwell (D) of Washington is NO. Dayton (D) of MN is NO, Sarbanes (D) of Maryland is NO.) These totals, of course, have no bearing on the Senate vote. The Senate, per our Constitution, has absolutely nothing to do with the population of the individual states. Every Senator's vote is equal. I publish these numbers strictly to make a political poin