Senate vote: Cloture motion // December 8, 2011Needed 60 votes to end debate

Cloture on the Nomination of Richard Cordray, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection

Name: Cloture on the Nomination of Richard Cordray, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
Creator: Spoken For

45 votes, representing 99,748,085 peopleof U.S. adults

53 votes, representing 134,300,470 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.3% 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 7.9 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	45	42.1%
Yea	Lost	53	56.6%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	1.3%

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