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.Res. 1038 // September 26, 2006

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 2679, Public Expression of Religion Act

Sponsor: Phil Gingrey (R-GA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2679 (Public Expression of Religion Act of 2005).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

229 votes, representing 121,636,096 people54.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

177 votes, representing 88,933,623 people39.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.5% 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
YeaWon22954.0%
NayLost17739.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.5%