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 17, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Clifton L. Corker to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee

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

Won the vote · Yea

55 votes, representing 123,014,484 people48.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

41 votes, representing 109,805,207 people43.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.6% 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 1.7 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5548.3%
NayLost4143.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.6%