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. 242 // March 15, 2007

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1362) to reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government.

Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-FL)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 1362 (Accountability in Contracting Act).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

223 votes, representing 113,003,654 people49.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

190 votes, representing 102,372,074 people45.1%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. The winning side fell 0.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22349.7%
NayLost19045.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.2%