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. 269 // March 27, 2007

Providing for consideration of H.R. 835, Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2007

Sponsor: ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 835 (Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity 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

234 votes, representing 118,835,901 people52.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

188 votes, representing 101,666,970 people44.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.0% 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
YeaWon23452.3%
NayLost18844.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.0%