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. 2340 // November 16, 2007Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.2340

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

Won the vote · Nay

53 votes, representing 134,479,046 people59.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

45 votes, representing 89,349,150 people39.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.5% 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
NayWon5359.2%
YeaLost4539.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.5%