In a perfect democracy, at least 50% of people would support every decision.

The U.S. falls short of this goal.

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Senate vote: S. 3569 // June 29, 2006

S.3569

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

Won the vote · Yea

60 votes, representing 132,907,985 people59.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

34 votes, representing 71,383,642 people31.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.3% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon6059.0%
NayLost3431.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.3%