Senate vote: S.J.Res. 2 // January 16, 2019Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.J. Res. 2

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.J. Res. 2
Creator: Spoken For

42 votes, representing 98,643,723 peopleof U.S. adults

57 votes, representing 155,794,952 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.1% 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 11.3 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	42	38.7%
Yea	Lost	57	61.2%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	0.1%

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