In a perfect democracy, at least 50% of people would support every decision.

The U.S. falls short of this goal.

Activate to continue

Spoken For.
Senate vote: Amendment // March 14, 2008

Biden Amdt. No. 4245

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

Won the vote · Yea

73 votes, representing 191,171,119 people83.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

23 votes, representing 32,389,709 people14.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.7% 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
YeaWon7383.2%
NayLost2314.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.7%