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 // November 12, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Chad Wolf to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of Homeland Security

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

Won the vote · Yea

54 votes, representing 124,828,192 people49.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

40 votes, representing 107,294,870 people42.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.9% 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 1.0 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5449.0%
NayLost4042.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.9%