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: Nomination // October 13, 2011

Susan Owens Hickey, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge

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

Won the vote · Yea

83 votes, representing 190,584,311 people80.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

8 votes, representing 15,989,371 people6.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 12.9% 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
YeaWon8380.4%
NayLost86.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken012.9%