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 16, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Rakolta, Jr., to be Ambassador of the United States to the United Arab Emirates

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

Won the vote · Yea

55 votes, representing 113,276,763 people44.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

27 votes, representing 78,423,121 people30.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 24.7% 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 5.5 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5544.5%
NayLost2730.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken024.7%