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Senate vote: Cloture motion // May 18, 2017

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Terry Branstad, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of China

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

Won the vote · Yea

86 votes, representing 189,243,617 people75.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

12 votes, representing 58,395,765 people23.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.5% 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
YeaWon8675.2%
NayLost1223.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.5%