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 2, 2017

Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session

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

Won the vote · Yea

52 votes, representing 109,935,669 people43.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

47 votes, representing 139,675,109 people55.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.8% 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 6.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5243.7%
NayLost4755.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.8%