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. 842 // June 7, 2006

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5254) to set schedules for the consideration of permits for refineries.

Sponsor: LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART (R-FL)

R. 5254 (Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

220 votes, representing 116,970,842 people51.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

192 votes, representing 96,241,853 people42.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.3% 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
YeaWon22051.9%
NayLost19242.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.3%