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 // February 1, 2017

Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider Elisabeth DeVos to be Secretary of Education

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

Won the vote · Yea

52 votes, representing 111,285,160 people44.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

47 votes, representing 139,837,149 people55.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.2% 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 5.8 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5244.2%
NayLost4755.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.2%