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

The U.S. falls short of this goal.

Activate to continue

Spoken For.
Senate vote: Cloture motion // April 30, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture Gordon Hartogensis to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

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

Won the vote · Yea

72 votes, representing 174,461,183 people68.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

27 votes, representing 64,922,128 people25.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.0% 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
YeaWon7268.5%
NayLost2725.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.0%