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 // September 19, 2007

Webb Amdt. No. 2909

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

Won the vote · Nay

44 votes, representing 93,600,177 people41.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

56 votes, representing 133,638,290 people58.8%of U.S. adults
Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 8.8 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon4441.2%
YeaLost5658.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.0%