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 // September 9, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kelly Craft to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations

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

Won the vote · Yea

54 votes, representing 115,369,900 people45.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

38 votes, representing 107,585,598 people42.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 12.5% 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 4.7 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5445.3%
NayLost3842.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken012.5%