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 // July 9, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: J. Nicholas Ranjan to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania

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

Won the vote · Yea

83 votes, representing 202,454,851 people79.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

15 votes, representing 44,268,092 people17.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.1% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon8379.5%
NayLost1517.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.1%