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Senate vote: Cloture motion // May 8, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Janet Dhillon to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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

Won the vote · Yea

52 votes, representing 121,350,790 people47.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

44 votes, representing 124,607,103 people48.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.4% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 2.4 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5247.6%
NayLost4448.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.4%