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 // May 1, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Theodore David Chuang, of Maryland, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maryland

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

Won the vote · Yea

54 votes, representing 142,494,390 people58.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

43 votes, representing 99,978,225 people40.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.9% 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
YeaWon5458.2%
NayLost4340.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.9%