In a perfect democracy, at least 50% of people would support every decision.

The U.S. falls short of this goal.

Activate to continue

Spoken For.
Senate vote: Cloture motion // September 10, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Dale Cabaniss to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management

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

Won the vote · Yea

53 votes, representing 121,188,692 people47.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

41 votes, representing 108,583,789 people42.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.8% 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
YeaWon5347.6%
NayLost4142.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.8%