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 // March 14, 2022

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Shalanda D. Young, of Louisiana, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget

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

Won the vote · Yea

53 votes, representing 128,637,148 people49.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

31 votes, representing 79,343,448 people30.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 20.1% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 0.6 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5349.4%
NayLost3130.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken020.1%