Senate vote: S. 2199 // September 15, 2014Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2199

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2199
Creator: Spoken For

40 votes, representing 92,357,470 peopleof U.S. adults

52 votes, representing 139,119,033 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.4% 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 12.3 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	40	37.7%
Yea	Lost	52	56.8%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	5.4%

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