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: Cloture motion // January 16, 2007Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Reid Amdt. No. 4 to S.1

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

Won the vote · Yea

95 votes, representing 222,993,540 people98.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

2 votes, representing 2,021,577 people0.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.0% 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
YeaWon9598.1%
NayLost20.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.0%