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. 386 // July 27, 2005

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3045) to implement the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement

Sponsor: DAVID DREIER (R-CA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3045) to implement the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement.

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 114,994,380 people53.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

201 votes, representing 96,449,066 people44.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.6% 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
YeaWon22753.5%
NayLost20144.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.6%