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 // July 30, 2021

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Ur Mendoza Jaddou to be Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security

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

Won the vote · Yea

50 votes, representing 145,963,998 people56.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

41 votes, representing 90,556,037 people35.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.3% 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
YeaWon5056.6%
NayLost4135.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.3%