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: Nomination // July 31, 2019

Confirmation: Kelly Craft, of Kentucky, 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

56 votes, representing 119,531,253 people46.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

34 votes, representing 92,679,813 people36.4%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 3.1 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5646.9%
NayLost3436.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken016.7%