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. 1103 // April 16, 2008

Providing for consideration of H.R. 2634, Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Collection Act

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-VT)

R. 2634 (Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2008).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

217 votes, representing 111,089,882 people48.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

196 votes, representing 107,069,672 people46.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.0% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 1.6 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21748.4%
NayLost19646.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.0%