Senate vote: Amendment // May 7, 2008

Vitter Amdt. No. 4723

Name: Vitter Amdt. No. 4723
Creator: Spoken For

69 votes, representing 108,472,443 peopleof U.S. adults

23 votes, representing 99,298,462 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.5% 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 2.8 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	69	47.2%
Yea	Lost	23	43.2%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	9.5%

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them