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 // June 4, 2014

Confirmation Mark G. Mastroianni to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Massachusetts

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

Won the vote · Yea

92 votes, representing 220,239,307 people90.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

2 votes, representing 11,619,638 people4.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.3% 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
YeaWon9290.0%
NayLost24.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.3%