Senate vote: Cloture motion // March 6, 2012Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Reid Amdt No. 1761 to S. 1813

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Reid Amdt No. 1761 to S. 1813
Creator: Spoken For

44 votes, representing 95,962,240 peopleof U.S. adults

52 votes, representing 137,242,010 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.7% 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 10.0 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	44	40.0%
Yea	Lost	52	57.3%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	2.7%

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