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: Amendment // December 3, 2015Needed 60 votes to waive the budget rules

Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Casey Amdt. No. 2893

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

Won the vote · Nay

54 votes, representing 114,415,931 people46.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

46 votes, representing 132,818,790 people53.7%of U.S. adults
Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 3.7 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon5446.3%
YeaLost4653.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.0%