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: Lynda Blanchard to be Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Slovenia

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

Won the vote · Yea

55 votes, representing 123,716,747 people48.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

41 votes, representing 109,102,944 people42.8%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 1.4 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5548.6%
NayLost4142.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.6%