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 // July 18, 2007

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Levin Amdt. No. 2087

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

Won the vote · Nay

47 votes, representing 97,028,390 people42.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

52 votes, representing 129,910,070 people57.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.1% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 7.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon4742.7%
YeaLost5257.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.1%