In a perfect democracy, at least 50% of people would support every decision.

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Senate vote: Cloture motion // March 13, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Beach to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor

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

Won the vote · Yea

55 votes, representing 125,162,887 people49.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

43 votes, representing 121,626,468 people47.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.1% 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 0.9 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5549.1%
NayLost4347.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.1%