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 // April 9, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture Daniel Desmond Domenico, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Colorado

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

Won the vote · Yea

55 votes, representing 116,243,753 people45.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

42 votes, representing 120,442,430 people47.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.1% 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 4.4 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5545.6%
NayLost4247.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken07.1%