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Senate vote: Cloture motion // November 28, 2018

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Thomas Alvin Farr, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

Won the vote · Yea

50 votes, representing 107,932,845 people42.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

50 votes, representing 145,307,111 people57.4%of U.S. adults
Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 7.4 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5042.6%
NayLost5057.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.0%