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 // December 21, 2010Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Treaty Doc. 111-5 (The START Treaty)

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

Won the vote · Yea

67 votes, representing 161,258,014 people68.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

28 votes, representing 65,623,649 people28.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.3% 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
YeaWon6768.7%
NayLost2828.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.3%