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. 254 // March 20, 2007

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1227) to assist in the provision of affordable housing to low income families affected by Hurricane Katrina

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-VT)

R. 1227 (Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act of 2007).

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 115,685,697 people50.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

190 votes, representing 102,605,979 people45.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.9% 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%
NayLost19045.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.9%