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. 301 // April 18, 2007

Providing for consideration of H.R. 1257, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation

Sponsor: JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H. R. 1257 (Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

226 votes, representing 114,630,020 people50.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

199 votes, representing 107,525,283 people47.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.2% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22650.4%
NayLost19947.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.2%