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. 3036 // June 4, 2008

Motion to Instruct Sgt-At-Arms

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

Won the vote · Nay

28 votes, representing 58,988,865 people25.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

27 votes, representing 64,398,274 people28.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 46.3% 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 24.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon2825.7%
YeaLost2728.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken046.3%