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 13, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael J. Truncale to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas

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

Won the vote · Yea

49 votes, representing 102,684,084 people40.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

43 votes, representing 115,131,880 people45.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 14.5% 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 9.7 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon4940.3%
NayLost4345.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken014.5%