Senate vote: S. 3297 // July 28, 2008Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3297

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3297
Creator: Spoken For

40 votes, representing 82,919,409 peopleof U.S. adults

52 votes, representing 129,443,760 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.5% 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 13.9 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	40	36.1%
Yea	Lost	52	56.4%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	7.5%

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