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: Procedural vote // December 15, 2010

Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider Treaty Doc. 111-5 Between the U.S.A. and the Russian Federation (START)

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

Won the vote · Yea

66 votes, representing 157,335,211 people67.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

32 votes, representing 74,689,803 people31.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.1% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon6667.0%
NayLost3231.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.1%