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 // June 4, 2020

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Pack to be Chief Executive Officer of the Broadcasting Board of Governors

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

Won the vote · Yea

53 votes, representing 117,046,023 people46.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

39 votes, representing 120,554,873 people47.7%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. The winning side fell 3.7 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5346.3%
NayLost3947.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.0%