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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House vote: H.Res. 952 // July 27, 2006

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4157) to amend the Social Security Act to encourage the dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology

Sponsor: LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART (R-FL)

R. 4157 (Health Information Technology Promotion 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

223 votes, representing 118,784,571 people52.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

193 votes, representing 96,525,946 people42.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.4% 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
YeaWon22352.8%
NayLost19342.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.4%