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Senate vote: Cloture motion // March 23, 2017

Motion to Invoke Cloture re Nomination of David Friedman to be Ambassador to Israel

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

Won the vote · Yea

52 votes, representing 109,842,711 people43.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

46 votes, representing 135,981,311 people54.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.3% 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 6.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5243.7%
NayLost4654.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.3%