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Senate vote: Cloture motion // May 10, 2018

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Joel M. Carson III to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit

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

Won the vote · Yea

71 votes, representing 165,447,896 people65.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

24 votes, representing 74,233,971 people29.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.4% 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
YeaWon7165.3%
NayLost2429.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.4%