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Senate vote: Cloture motion // December 17, 2021

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Linda Lopez to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California

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

Won the vote · Yea

47 votes, representing 119,835,104 people46.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

30 votes, representing 84,077,764 people32.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 20.9% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 3.5 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon4746.5%
NayLost3032.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken020.9%