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 // September 9, 2020

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christy Criswell Wiegand to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania

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

Won the vote · Yea

80 votes, representing 182,561,292 people72.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

16 votes, representing 48,629,794 people19.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.5% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon8072.2%
NayLost1619.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.5%