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Senate vote: Cloture motion // November 20, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Adrian Zuckerman to be Ambassador of the United States of America to Romania

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

Won the vote · Yea

65 votes, representing 138,918,797 people54.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

30 votes, representing 91,798,372 people36.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.4% 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
YeaWon6554.5%
NayLost3036.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.4%