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Senate vote: Cloture motion // February 12, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: William Pelham Barr to be Attorney General

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

Won the vote · Yea

55 votes, representing 125,338,757 people49.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

44 votes, representing 125,883,050 people49.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.4% 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 0.8 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5549.2%
NayLost4449.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.4%