Senate vote: S. 2237 // July 12, 2012Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2237

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2237
Creator: Spoken For

44 votes, representing 95,099,871 peopleof U.S. adults

53 votes, representing 124,191,410 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.5% 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 10.3 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	44	39.7%
Yea	Lost	53	51.8%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	8.5%

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