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 // May 18, 2020

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Scott H. Rash to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Arizona

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

Won the vote · Yea

67 votes, representing 149,123,078 people59.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

21 votes, representing 72,477,158 people28.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 12.3% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon6759.0%
NayLost2128.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken012.3%