Senate vote: S. 2230 // April 16, 2012Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2230

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2230
Creator: Spoken For

45 votes, representing 98,719,386 peopleof U.S. adults

51 votes, representing 133,127,715 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.3% 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 8.8 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	45	41.2%
Yea	Lost	51	55.5%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	3.3%

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