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Senate vote: Cloture motion // October 5, 2021

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lauren J. King to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington

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

Won the vote · Yea

55 votes, representing 136,917,641 people53.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

44 votes, representing 105,722,477 people41.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.9% 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
YeaWon5553.1%
NayLost4441.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.9%