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. 403 // May 16, 2007

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 1585, National Defense Authorization Act

Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-FL)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 1585 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

225 votes, representing 114,143,647 people50.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

198 votes, representing 106,986,755 people47.1%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
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22550.2%
NayLost19847.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.7%