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Senate vote: Cloture motion // October 16, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture David Novak to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia

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

Won the vote · Yea

86 votes, representing 205,937,153 people80.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

4 votes, representing 12,975,046 people5.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 14.0% 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
YeaWon8680.9%
NayLost45.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken014.0%