Senate vote: S. 2035 // July 30, 2008Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2035

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2035
Creator: Spoken For

43 votes, representing 86,835,064 peopleof U.S. adults

51 votes, representing 128,985,389 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.0% 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 12.2 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	43	37.8%
Yea	Lost	51	56.2%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	6.0%

Senate This side won even though more senators, and more Americans, voted the other way. Ending debate needed 60 votes here, not a majority.

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