Senate vote: Cloture motion // January 30, 2017

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Rex W. Tillerson, of Texas, to be Secretary of State

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Rex W. Tillerson, of Texas, to be Secretary of State
Creator: Spoken For

56 votes, representing 116,139,337 peopleof U.S. adults

43 votes, representing 134,562,610 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.3% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 3.8 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	56	46.2%
Nay	Lost	43	53.5%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	0.3%

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