Senate vote: Cloture motion // May 13, 2009Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of David J. Hayes, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of David J. Hayes, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior
Creator: Spoken For

39 votes, representing 80,241,426 peopleof U.S. adults

57 votes, representing 142,442,825 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.0% 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 15.4 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	39	34.6%
Yea	Lost	57	61.4%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	4.0%

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