Senate vote: Nomination // April 23, 2015

Confirmation Loretta E. Lynch, of New York, to be Attorney General

Name: Confirmation Loretta E. Lynch, of New York, to be Attorney General
Creator: Spoken For

56 votes, representing 153,958,423 peopleof U.S. adults

43 votes, representing 83,146,134 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.

Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	56	62.3%
Nay	Lost	43	33.6%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	4.1%

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