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Senate vote: Cloture motion // December 3, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: John L. Sinatra, Jr. to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of New York

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

Won the vote · Yea

76 votes, representing 183,592,515 people72.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

16 votes, representing 38,646,333 people15.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 12.7% 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
YeaWon7672.1%
NayLost1615.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken012.7%