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Senate vote: Cloture motion // April 23, 2015

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Loretta Lynch, to be Attorney General

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

Won the vote · Yea

66 votes, representing 181,526,573 people73.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

34 votes, representing 65,708,149 people26.6%of U.S. adults
Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon6673.4%
NayLost3426.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.0%