Senate vote: Amendment // December 6, 2009

Lincoln Amdt. No. 2905

Name: Lincoln Amdt. No. 2905
Creator: Spoken For

42 votes, representing 82,740,661 peopleof U.S. adults

56 votes, representing 146,917,012 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.0% 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 14.3 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	42	35.7%
Yea	Lost	56	63.3%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	1.0%

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