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 // April 17, 2013

Manchin Amdt. No. 715

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

Won the vote · Nay

46 votes, representing 90,288,636 people37.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

54 votes, representing 151,718,674 people62.7%of U.S. adults
Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 12.7 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon4637.3%
YeaLost5462.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.0%