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 // February 1, 2022

Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Augustin Ruiz to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio

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

Won the vote · Yea

59 votes, representing 170,819,859 people65.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

38 votes, representing 87,273,840 people33.5%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
YeaWon5965.6%
NayLost3833.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.9%