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Senate vote: Cloture motion // February 22, 2021

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations and the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations

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

Won the vote · Yea

75 votes, representing 193,445,334 people75.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

20 votes, representing 50,670,484 people19.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.3% 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
YeaWon7575.0%
NayLost2019.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.3%