Senate vote: S. 3268 // July 25, 2008Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 3268

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 3268
Creator: Spoken For

43 votes, representing 91,575,678 peopleof U.S. adults

50 votes, representing 123,097,432 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.5% 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 10.1 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	43	39.9%
Yea	Lost	50	53.6%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	6.5%

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