Senate vote: Cloture motion // December 6, 2011Needed 60 votes to end debate

Cloture on the Nomination of Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be U.S. Circuit Judge

Name: Cloture on the Nomination of Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be U.S. Circuit Judge
Creator: Spoken For

45 votes, representing 101,632,914 peopleof U.S. adults

54 votes, representing 134,567,717 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.4% 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 7.1 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	45	42.9%
Yea	Lost	54	56.7%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	0.4%

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