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.R. 6532 // September 11, 2008Needed two-thirds to agree

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance

Sponsor: CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY)

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to transfer from the Treasury $8.017 billion to the Highway Trust Fund.

Taxation Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

376 votes, representing 197,929,178 people86.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

29 votes, representing 16,005,996 people7.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.8% 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
YeaWon37686.2%
NayLost297.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.8%