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 // April 3, 2006

Bingaman Amdt. No. 3210, as modified

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

Won the vote · Yea

84 votes, representing 186,810,236 people83.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

6 votes, representing 6,591,924 people2.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 14.1% 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
YeaWon8483.0%
NayLost62.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken014.1%