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 15, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Peter Joseph Phipps, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit

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

Won the vote · Yea

53 votes, representing 123,502,595 people48.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

40 votes, representing 112,014,704 people44.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.5% 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 1.5 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5348.5%
NayLost4044.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken07.5%