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. 2663 // March 3, 2008

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2663

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

Won the vote · Yea

86 votes, representing 199,433,919 people86.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

1 vote, representing 1,368,112 people0.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 12.6% 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
YeaWon8686.8%
NayLost10.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken012.6%