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. 203 // March 1, 2007

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 800, the Employee Free Choice Act

Sponsor: Betty Sutton (D-OH)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 800 (Employee Free Choice Act).

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 115,779,629 people51.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

197 votes, representing 106,603,088 people46.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.1% 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
YeaWon22851.0%
NayLost19746.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.1%