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 17, 2025

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Arielle Roth to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information

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

Won the vote · Yea

50 votes, representing 121,105,800 people45.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

34 votes, representing 99,500,848 people37.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 17.3% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 4.6 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5045.4%
NayLost3437.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken017.3%