Senate vote: Amendment // May 18, 2015

Brown Amdt. No. 1242

Name: Brown Amdt. No. 1242
Creator: Spoken For

41 votes, representing 66,398,259 peopleof U.S. adults

45 votes, representing 127,919,893 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 21.4% 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 23.1 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	41	26.9%
Yea	Lost	45	51.7%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	21.4%

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