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. 3457 // September 12, 2012

Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3457

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

Won the vote · Yea

84 votes, representing 197,387,034 people82.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

8 votes, representing 13,727,666 people5.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 11.9% 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
YeaWon8482.4%
NayLost85.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken011.9%