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Senate vote: Cloture motion // July 20, 2021

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. to be an Assistant Attorney General

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

Won the vote · Yea

57 votes, representing 161,095,290 people62.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

43 votes, representing 96,778,856 people37.5%of U.S. adults
Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5762.5%
NayLost4337.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.0%