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. 1917 // December 1, 2011

Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 1917

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

Won the vote · Nay

49 votes, representing 103,711,385 people43.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

51 votes, representing 133,457,317 people56.3%of U.S. adults
Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 6.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon4943.7%
YeaLost5156.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.0%