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 18, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew J. Kacsmaryk to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas

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

Won the vote · Yea

52 votes, representing 121,077,759 people47.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

44 votes, representing 108,354,517 people42.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.9% 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 2.5 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5247.5%
NayLost4442.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.9%