Senate vote: Amendment // May 14, 2013

Sanders Amdt. No. 889

Name: Sanders Amdt. No. 889
Creator: Spoken For

40 votes, representing 95,330,496 peopleof U.S. adults

56 votes, representing 132,515,035 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.9% 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 10.6 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	40	39.4%
Yea	Lost	56	54.8%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	5.9%

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