Senate vote: Cloture motion // June 22, 2009Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Dorgan Amendment No. 1347

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Dorgan Amendment No. 1347
Creator: Spoken For

34 votes, representing 58,615,720 peopleof U.S. adults

53 votes, representing 142,819,271 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 13.2% 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 24.7 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	34	25.3%
Yea	Lost	53	61.6%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	13.2%

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