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. 365 // July 19, 2005

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 2601, Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007

Sponsor: Rob Bishop (R-UT)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2601) to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for FY2006-FY2007.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

226 votes, representing 114,396,693 people53.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

196 votes, representing 94,145,432 people43.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.9% 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
YeaWon22653.2%
NayLost19643.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.9%