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: Kelly Craft to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the United Nations and Representative to the Security Council

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

Won the vote · Yea

57 votes, representing 122,231,264 people48.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

33 votes, representing 89,909,450 people35.3%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 2.0 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5748.0%
NayLost3335.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken016.7%