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Senate vote: Cloture motion // November 26, 2018

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Stephen Alexander Vaden, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture

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

Won the vote · Yea

49 votes, representing 111,440,320 people44.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

45 votes, representing 135,515,985 people53.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.5% 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 6.0 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon4944.0%
NayLost4553.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.5%