Senate vote: Cloture motion // November 12, 2013Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Cornelia T.L. Pillard, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Cornelia T.L. Pillard, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit
Creator: Spoken For

41 votes, representing 97,249,435 peopleof U.S. adults

56 votes, representing 141,602,105 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.3% 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 9.8 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	41	40.2%
Yea	Lost	56	58.5%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	1.3%

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