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 25, 2022

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sandra L. Thompson to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency

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

Won the vote · Yea

48 votes, representing 142,538,398 people54.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

46 votes, representing 90,449,032 people34.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 10.5% 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
YeaWon4854.7%
NayLost4634.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken010.5%