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Senate vote: Cloture motion // February 2, 2022

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Loren L. AliKhan to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals

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

Won the vote · Yea

55 votes, representing 158,879,471 people61.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

40 votes, representing 97,254,393 people37.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.6% 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
YeaWon5561.0%
NayLost4037.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.6%