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 8, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Indira Talwani, of Massachusetts, to be U.S. District Judge

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

Won the vote · Yea

55 votes, representing 139,389,074 people57.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

41 votes, representing 98,912,403 people40.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.6% 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
YeaWon5557.0%
NayLost4140.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.6%