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. 1234 // June 4, 2008

Providing for consideration of H.R. 3021, the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act“

Sponsor: Betty Sutton (D-OH)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3021) to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public kindergarten, elementary, and secondary educational facilities.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

221 votes, representing 113,178,386 people49.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

196 votes, representing 107,357,191 people46.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.0% 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 0.7 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22149.3%
NayLost19646.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.0%