In a perfect democracy, at least 50% of people would support every decision.

The U.S. falls short of this goal.

Activate to continue

Spoken For.
Senate vote: Cloture motion // January 9, 2020

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Paul J. Ray to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget

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

Won the vote · Yea

50 votes, representing 112,626,089 people44.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

45 votes, representing 126,107,912 people49.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.5% 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 5.4 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5044.6%
NayLost4549.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.5%