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. 211 // April 14, 2005

Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 256) to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Phil Gingrey (R-GA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (S. 256) to amend title 11 of the United States Code.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

227 votes, representing 115,002,833 people53.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

199 votes, representing 95,403,699 people44.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.1% 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
YeaWon22753.5%
NayLost19944.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.1%