Senate vote: S. 493 // May 4, 2011Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 493

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 493
Creator: Spoken For

44 votes, representing 98,738,007 peopleof U.S. adults

52 votes, representing 133,765,243 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.0% 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 8.4 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	44	41.6%
Yea	Lost	52	56.4%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	2.0%

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