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. 348 // May 2, 2007

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1429) to reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes

Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-FL)

R. 1429 (Improving Head Start 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 114,543,518 people50.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

194 votes, representing 104,992,581 people46.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.4% 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%
NayLost19446.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.4%