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 // June 5, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Susan Combs to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior

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

Won the vote · Yea

56 votes, representing 126,467,831 people49.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

37 votes, representing 107,008,507 people42.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.3% 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 0.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5649.7%
NayLost3742.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.3%