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 // January 8, 2020

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Eleni Maria Roumel to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims

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

Won the vote · Yea

51 votes, representing 113,729,412 people45.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

44 votes, representing 125,853,558 people49.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.2% 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 5.0 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5145.0%
NayLost4449.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.2%