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Senate vote: Cloture motion // June 23, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Beth Bloom, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge

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

Won the vote · Yea

53 votes, representing 147,170,084 people60.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

31 votes, representing 56,417,624 people23.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 16.8% 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
YeaWon5360.1%
NayLost3123.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken016.8%