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Senate vote: Cloture motion // April 12, 2018

Motion to Invoke Cloture on John W. Broomes, of Kansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas

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

Won the vote · Yea

74 votes, representing 166,619,942 people65.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

24 votes, representing 78,912,552 people31.2%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
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon7465.8%
NayLost2431.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.0%