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 // May 10, 2011

Confirmation Edward Milton Chen, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California

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

Won the vote · Yea

56 votes, representing 137,482,531 people58.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

42 votes, representing 97,224,111 people41.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.0% 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
YeaWon5658.0%
NayLost4241.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.0%