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Senate vote: Cloture motion // April 10, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of David Bernhardt, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Interior

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

Won the vote · Yea

56 votes, representing 122,466,109 people48.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

41 votes, representing 109,387,922 people42.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.0% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 1.9 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5648.1%
NayLost4142.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.0%