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: Cloture motion // October 5, 2017

Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Lee Francis Cissna to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS

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

Won the vote · Yea

54 votes, representing 114,915,030 people45.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

43 votes, representing 133,137,236 people52.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.4% 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 4.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5445.7%
NayLost4352.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.4%