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 // December 15, 2020

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Katherine A. Crytzer to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee

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

Won the vote · Yea

48 votes, representing 100,363,158 people39.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

47 votes, representing 119,901,929 people47.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 12.8% 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 10.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon4839.7%
NayLost4747.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken012.8%