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Senate vote: Cloture motion // October 5, 2021

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Paloma Adams-Allen to be a Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development

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

Won the vote · Yea

78 votes, representing 185,705,804 people72.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

21 votes, representing 56,934,314 people22.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.9% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon7872.0%
NayLost2122.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.9%