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 // February 28, 2023

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Margaret R. Guzman to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Massachusetts

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

Won the vote · Yea

48 votes, representing 130,039,578 people49.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

48 votes, representing 108,791,032 people41.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.7% 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 0.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon4849.7%
NayLost4841.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.7%