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: Procedural vote // February 1, 2017

Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session

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

Won the vote · Yea

55 votes, representing 115,316,501 people45.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

42 votes, representing 128,961,997 people51.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.9% 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 4.1 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5545.9%
NayLost4251.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.9%