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. 383 // May 9, 2007

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 1873, to reauthorize the programs and activities of the Small Business Administration relating to procurement

Sponsor: Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 1873 (Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

223 votes, representing 113,173,603 people49.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

197 votes, representing 106,479,667 people46.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.3% 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 0.2 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22349.8%
NayLost19746.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.3%