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Senate vote: Cloture motion // April 26, 2018

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Mike Pompeo, of Kansas, to be Secretary of State

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

Won the vote · Yea

57 votes, representing 124,863,638 people49.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

42 votes, representing 125,611,495 people49.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.1% 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 0.7 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5749.3%
NayLost4249.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.1%