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. 3992 // December 9, 2010

Motion to Table the Motion to Proceed to S. 3992

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

Won the vote · Yea

59 votes, representing 141,331,183 people60.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

40 votes, representing 92,283,784 people39.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.5% 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
YeaWon5960.2%
NayLost4039.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.5%