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. 1449 // September 18, 2008

Providing for consideration of H.R. 6604, to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets, and for other purposes

Sponsor: Betty Sutton (D-OH)

R. 6604) to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

224 votes, representing 114,745,092 people50.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

187 votes, representing 102,233,096 people44.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.5% 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
YeaWon22450.0%
NayLost18744.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.5%