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: Nomination // October 20, 2020

Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider Michael Newman to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio

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

Won the vote · Yea

52 votes, representing 118,640,067 people46.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

43 votes, representing 111,918,617 people44.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.8% 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 3.1 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5246.9%
NayLost4344.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.8%