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 // January 30, 2014

Toomey Amdt. No. 2707 As Modified

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

Won the vote · Nay

65 votes, representing 165,376,494 people67.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

34 votes, representing 78,625,713 people32.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.3% 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
NayWon6567.6%
YeaLost3432.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.3%