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 23, 2020

Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

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

Won the vote · Yea

51 votes, representing 119,545,489 people47.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

46 votes, representing 113,289,118 people44.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.9% 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 2.7 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5147.3%
NayLost4644.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken07.9%