Senate vote: Amendment // March 13, 2012

Menendez Amdt. No. 1782

Name: Menendez Amdt. No. 1782
Creator: Spoken For

47 votes, representing 98,745,880 peopleof U.S. adults

51 votes, representing 135,044,728 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 8.8 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	47	41.2%
Yea	Lost	51	56.3%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	2.5%

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them