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Senate vote: Cloture motion // December 2, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Robert S. Adler, of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission

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

Won the vote · Yea

52 votes, representing 137,008,320 people56.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

40 votes, representing 95,549,531 people39.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.0% 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
YeaWon5256.0%
NayLost4039.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.0%