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. 330 // April 25, 2007

Providing for consideration of the bill H.R. 1332, to improve the access to capital programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes

Sponsor: Michael Arcuri (D-NY)

R. 1332 (Small Business Lending Improvements 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

226 votes, representing 114,529,979 people50.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

196 votes, representing 106,087,730 people46.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.9% 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
YeaWon22650.4%
NayLost19646.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.9%