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 // November 18, 2020

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kathryn Kimball Mizelle to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida

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

Won the vote · Yea

49 votes, representing 105,810,095 people41.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

43 votes, representing 98,756,177 people39.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 19.0% 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 8.1 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon4941.9%
NayLost4339.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken019.0%