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. 2731 // July 11, 2008Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2731

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

Won the vote · Yea

65 votes, representing 138,439,756 people60.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

3 votes, representing 4,368,945 people1.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 37.8% 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
YeaWon6560.3%
NayLost31.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken037.8%