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. 811 // May 11, 2006

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

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-OK)

Sets forth the rule for further 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

223 votes, representing 118,475,334 people52.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

192 votes, representing 96,551,852 people42.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.5% 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
YeaWon22352.6%
NayLost19242.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.5%