Senate vote: Cloture motion // May 17, 2016Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Nelson Amdt. No. 3898

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Nelson Amdt. No. 3898
Creator: Spoken For

47 votes, representing 84,976,110 peopleof U.S. adults

50 votes, representing 153,192,548 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.3% 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 15.9 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	47	34.1%
Yea	Lost	50	61.5%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	4.3%

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