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. 1253 // June 10, 2008

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6003) to reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-CA)

R. 6003) to reauthorize Amtrak.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

227 votes, representing 116,349,262 people50.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

185 votes, representing 101,314,470 people44.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.2% 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
YeaWon22750.7%
NayLost18544.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.2%