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. 494 // October 18, 2005

Providing for the consideration on H.R. 554, Personal Responsibilty in Food Consumption Act

Sponsor: Phil Gingrey (R-GA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 554 (Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption 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

310 votes, representing 155,115,193 people72.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

114 votes, representing 54,337,921 people25.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.5% 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
YeaWon31072.2%
NayLost11425.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.5%