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 16, 2020

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joseph Dawson III to be U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina

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

Won the vote · Yea

56 votes, representing 118,610,625 people46.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

39 votes, representing 109,932,428 people43.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.6% 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
YeaWon5646.9%
NayLost3943.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.6%