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. 1097 // April 16, 2008Needed two-thirds to agree

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-CT)

Expresses support for the designation of April 2008 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Commemorations Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

410 votes, representing 216,485,643 people94.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

0 votes, representing 0 people0.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.7% 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
YeaWon41094.3%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.7%