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 // January 12, 2007

Vitter Amdt. No. 10

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

Won the vote · Yea

81 votes, representing 179,599,165 people79.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

6 votes, representing 14,382,695 people6.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 14.6% 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
YeaWon8179.0%
NayLost66.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken014.6%