Senate vote: Amendment // April 24, 2012

Akaka Amdt. No. 2049

Name: Akaka Amdt. No. 2049
Creator: Spoken For

42 votes, representing 95,158,546 peopleof U.S. adults

57 votes, representing 139,616,112 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.0% 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 10.3 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	42	39.7%
Yea	Lost	57	58.3%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	2.0%

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