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: Procedural vote // December 13, 2014

Motion to Proceed to Executive Session Re: Marcus Dwayne Jadotte

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

Won the vote · Yea

53 votes, representing 113,701,529 people46.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

42 votes, representing 94,654,602 people38.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 14.9% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 3.5 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5346.5%
NayLost4238.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken014.9%