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Senate vote: Cloture motion // March 15, 2017

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Daniel Coats, of Indiana, to be Director of National Intelligence

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

Won the vote · Yea

88 votes, representing 203,000,298 people80.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

11 votes, representing 44,543,517 people17.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.6% 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
YeaWon8880.7%
NayLost1117.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.6%