Senate vote: Cloture motion // August 8, 2026

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Todd Blanche to be Attorney General

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture: Todd Blanche to be Attorney General
Creator: Spoken For

50 votes, representing 120,288,277 peopleof U.S. adults

49 votes, representing 144,537,089 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.7% 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 4.9 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	50	45.1%
Nay	Lost	49	54.2%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	0.7%

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