Senate vote: Cloture motion // December 4, 2010Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Motion to Concur in the House Amdt. to Senate Amdt. With Amdt. No. 4727 to H.R. 4853

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Motion to Concur in the House Amdt. to Senate Amdt. With Amdt. No. 4727 to H.R. 4853
Creator: Spoken For

36 votes, representing 58,057,032 peopleof U.S. adults

53 votes, representing 135,858,774 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 17.4% 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 25.3 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	36	24.7%
Yea	Lost	53	57.9%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	17.4%

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