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 18, 2022

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nina Nin-Yuen Wang to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Colorado

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

Won the vote · Yea

52 votes, representing 151,978,839 people58.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

33 votes, representing 80,431,804 people30.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 10.8% 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
YeaWon5258.4%
NayLost3330.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken010.8%