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 30, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sean D. Jordan to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas

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

Won the vote · Yea

54 votes, representing 121,232,530 people47.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

36 votes, representing 90,908,184 people35.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 16.7% 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 2.4 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5447.6%
NayLost3635.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken016.7%