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 // May 9, 2018

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Michael B. Brennan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit

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

Won the vote · Yea

49 votes, representing 105,942,986 people41.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

47 votes, representing 135,037,238 people53.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.8% 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 8.2 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon4941.8%
NayLost4753.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.8%