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Senate vote: Cloture motion // July 31, 2017

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Kevin Christopher Newsom, of Alabama, to be U.S. Circuit Judge

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

Won the vote · Yea

68 votes, representing 163,295,813 people64.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

26 votes, representing 70,524,948 people28.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.0% 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
YeaWon6864.9%
NayLost2628.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken07.0%