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: Cloture motion // December 16, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Colette Dodson Honorable, of Arkansas, to be a Member of FERC

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

Won the vote · Yea

65 votes, representing 148,365,210 people60.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

28 votes, representing 72,763,122 people29.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.6% 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
YeaWon6560.6%
NayLost2829.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.6%