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 // April 1, 2014

Kevin Whitaker, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Colombia

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

Won the vote · Yea

99 votes, representing 244,512,576 people99.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

0 votes, representing 0 people0.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.1% 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
YeaWon9999.9%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.1%