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 // September 14, 2020

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Mark C. Scarsi to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California

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

Won the vote · Yea

77 votes, representing 182,308,521 people72.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

12 votes, representing 37,134,757 people14.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 13.2% 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
YeaWon7772.1%
NayLost1214.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken013.2%