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 // November 8, 2017

Motion to Invoke Cloture: William L. Wehrum to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

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

Won the vote · Yea

49 votes, representing 97,995,377 people39.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

46 votes, representing 136,292,239 people54.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.8% 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 11.0 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon4939.0%
NayLost4654.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.8%