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. 1039 // September 26, 2006

Providing for the consideration of S. 403, Child Custody Protection Act

Sponsor: Phil Gingrey (R-GA)

R. 2679 (Child Custody Protection Act).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

249 votes, representing 131,351,042 people58.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

157 votes, representing 79,223,103 people35.2%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
YeaWon24958.3%
NayLost15735.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.5%