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. 1318 // July 9, 2008

Providing for consideration of H.R. 5811, The Electronic Message Preservation Act

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-VT)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5811) to amend title 44, United States Code, to require preservation of certain electronic records by Federal agencies, to require a certification and reports relating to Presidential records.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

228 votes, representing 116,857,243 people50.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

193 votes, representing 105,148,142 people45.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.3% 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
YeaWon22850.9%
NayLost19345.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.3%