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: Brantley Starr, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas

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

Won the vote · Yea

51 votes, representing 115,787,537 people45.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

37 votes, representing 89,675,263 people35.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 19.3% 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 4.5 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5145.5%
NayLost3735.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken019.3%