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Senate vote: Cloture motion // September 22, 2021

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Florence Y. Pan to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia

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

Won the vote · Yea

66 votes, representing 173,956,884 people67.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

27 votes, representing 61,175,313 people23.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.8% 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
YeaWon6667.5%
NayLost2723.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.8%