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Senate vote: Cloture motion // December 14, 2021

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Samantha D. Elliott to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Hampshire

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

Won the vote · Yea

59 votes, representing 175,695,609 people68.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

40 votes, representing 81,954,901 people31.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.1% 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
YeaWon5968.1%
NayLost4031.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.1%