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. 806 // May 10, 2006

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 5122, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-OK)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 5122 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

351 votes, representing 183,123,931 people81.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

70 votes, representing 35,016,720 people15.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.1% 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
YeaWon35181.3%
NayLost7015.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.1%