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 24, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joseph Cella to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republics of Fiji, Kiribati, and the Kingdom of Tonga, and Tuvalu

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

Won the vote · Yea

55 votes, representing 121,015,481 people47.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

37 votes, representing 103,418,219 people40.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 11.9% 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 2.5 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5547.5%
NayLost3740.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken011.9%