Senate vote: Amendment // July 15, 2015

Heitkamp Amdt. No. 2171

Name: Heitkamp Amdt. No. 2171
Creator: Spoken For

39 votes, representing 85,115,967 peopleof U.S. adults

58 votes, representing 142,001,029 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.1% 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 15.6 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	39	34.4%
Yea	Lost	58	57.4%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	8.1%

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