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 // June 13, 2023

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Hernan D. Vera to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California

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

Won the vote · Yea

51 votes, representing 152,173,815 people58.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

48 votes, representing 107,550,788 people41.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.8% 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
YeaWon5158.1%
NayLost4841.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.8%