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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Spoken For.
House vote: H.R. 3130 // June 30, 2005Needed two-thirds to pass

Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for veterans medical services.

Sponsor: JAMES WALSH (R-NY)

Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs for FY2005 for veterans' medical services.

Armed Forces and National Security Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

419 votes, representing 207,132,951 people96.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

0 votes, representing 0 people0.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.6% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon41996.4%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.6%