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. 364 // May 3, 2007

Providing for consideration of the bill H.R. 1592, to provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes

Sponsor: JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)

R. 1592 (Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007).

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

Won the vote · Yea

217 votes, representing 110,095,326 people48.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

196 votes, representing 105,841,895 people46.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.0% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 1.6 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21748.4%
NayLost19646.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.0%