Senate vote: Cloture motion // July 12, 2012Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Landrieu Amdt. No. 2521

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Landrieu Amdt. No. 2521
Creator: Spoken For

41 votes, representing 92,295,281 peopleof U.S. adults

57 votes, representing 141,397,062 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.5% 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 11.5 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	41	38.5%
Yea	Lost	57	59.0%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	2.5%

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