Senate vote: Cloture motion // November 18, 2013Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Robert L. Wilkins, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit

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

38 votes, representing 81,963,521 peopleof U.S. adults

53 votes, representing 136,374,287 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.8% 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 16.1 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	38	33.9%
Yea	Lost	53	56.4%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	9.8%

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