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Senate vote: Cloture motion // October 5, 2018

Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

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

Won the vote · Yea

51 votes, representing 111,141,983 people43.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

49 votes, representing 142,097,973 people56.1%of U.S. adults
Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 6.1 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5143.9%
NayLost4956.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.0%