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: Amendment // March 5, 2021Needed 60 votes to waive the budget rules

Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Sanders Amdt. No. 972

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

Won the vote · Nay

58 votes, representing 118,375,551 people45.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

42 votes, representing 139,498,596 people54.1%of U.S. adults
Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 4.1 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon5845.9%
YeaLost4254.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.0%