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 10, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Robert L. King to be Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education

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

Won the vote · Yea

56 votes, representing 127,071,681 people49.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

39 votes, representing 100,057,110 people39.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 10.8% 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 0.1 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5649.9%
NayLost3939.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken010.8%