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 // June 10, 2021

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Zahid N. Quraishi, of New Jersey, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey

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

Won the vote · Yea

83 votes, representing 210,868,019 people81.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

16 votes, representing 44,806,923 people17.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.9% 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
YeaWon8381.8%
NayLost1617.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.9%