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 // July 2, 2020

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Russell Vought to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget

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

Won the vote · Yea

47 votes, representing 107,877,997 people42.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

44 votes, representing 125,837,613 people49.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.5% 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 7.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon4742.7%
NayLost4449.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken07.5%