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 // May 21, 2018

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Dana Baiocco to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission

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

Won the vote · Yea

49 votes, representing 107,640,164 people42.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

45 votes, representing 135,913,010 people53.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.8% 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 7.5 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon4942.5%
NayLost4553.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.8%