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. 1083 // April 10, 2008

Providing for consideration of H.R. 2537, Beach Protection Act of 2007.

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-CA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2537 (Beach Protection Act of 2007).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

224 votes, representing 114,837,190 people50.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

192 votes, representing 104,814,054 people45.6%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
YeaWon22450.0%
NayLost19245.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.4%