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. 1434 // September 16, 2008

Providing for consideration of H.R. 6842, the National Capital Security and Safety Act

Sponsor: JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 6842 (National Capital Security and Safety Act).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

241 votes, representing 124,126,446 people54.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

183 votes, representing 99,790,748 people43.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.5% 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
YeaWon24154.0%
NayLost18343.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.5%