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Senate vote: Cloture motion // April 12, 2018

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Andrew Wheeler to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

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

Won the vote · Yea

53 votes, representing 111,509,241 people44.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

45 votes, representing 134,023,253 people52.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.0% 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
YeaWon5344.0%
NayLost4552.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.0%