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 // December 11, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aurelia Skipwith to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service

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

Won the vote · Yea

53 votes, representing 117,184,504 people46.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

41 votes, representing 121,124,548 people47.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.4% 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 4.0 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5346.0%
NayLost4147.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.4%