Senate vote: Cloture motion // March 5, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Debo P. Adegbile, of New York, to be Assistant Attorney General

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Debo P. Adegbile, of New York, to be Assistant Attorney General
Creator: Spoken For

52 votes, representing 103,016,170 peopleof U.S. adults

47 votes, representing 131,799,040 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.1% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 7.9 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	52	42.1%
Yea	Lost	47	53.9%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	4.1%

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