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Senate vote: Cloture motion // February 25, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of James Donato, of California, to be U.S. District Judge

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

Won the vote · Yea

55 votes, representing 132,400,732 people54.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

42 votes, representing 99,553,604 people40.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.2% 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
YeaWon5554.1%
NayLost4240.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.2%