Senate vote: S. 3186 // July 26, 2008Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S. 3186

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S. 3186
Creator: Spoken For

35 votes, representing 70,465,666 peopleof U.S. adults

50 votes, representing 122,904,112 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 15.8% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 19.3 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	35	30.7%
Yea	Lost	50	53.5%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	15.8%

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