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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House vote: H.Res. 370 // May 8, 2007

Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 21) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012

Sponsor: LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of S.Con.Res. 21 (congressional budget).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

221 votes, representing 112,267,531 people49.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

197 votes, representing 106,451,723 people46.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.7% 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 0.6 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22149.4%
NayLost19746.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.7%