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: Amendment // June 15, 2006

Santorum Amdt. No. 4234

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

Won the vote · Nay

53 votes, representing 122,120,346 people54.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

46 votes, representing 102,332,172 people45.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.3% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon5354.2%
YeaLost4645.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.3%