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 15, 2024

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York

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

Won the vote · Yea

52 votes, representing 153,310,806 people57.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

42 votes, representing 101,960,138 people38.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.3% 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
YeaWon5257.5%
NayLost4238.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.3%