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. 2124 // March 24, 2014Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.2124

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

Won the vote · Yea

78 votes, representing 201,125,042 people82.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

17 votes, representing 28,027,416 people11.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.4% 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
YeaWon7882.2%
NayLost1711.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.4%