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 // October 21, 2019Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Treaty Doc. 116-1

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

Won the vote · Yea

84 votes, representing 208,935,732 people82.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

2 votes, representing 2,870,749 people1.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 16.8% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon8482.0%
NayLost21.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken016.8%