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. 387 // May 10, 2007

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 2237, H.R. 2206, and H.R. 2207

Sponsor: LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of: (1) H.R. 2237 (redeployment of U.S. Armed Forces and defense contractors from Iraq); (2) H.R. 2206 (U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007); and (3) H.R.

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

Won the vote · Yea

222 votes, representing 112,727,118 people49.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

201 votes, representing 108,473,946 people47.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.7% 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 0.4 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22249.6%
NayLost20147.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.7%