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. 409 // May 17, 2007

Providing for the consideration of the conference report to accompany S. Con. Res. 21, to set forth the congressional budget for the United States Government

Sponsor: Betty Sutton (D-OH)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the conference report on 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

224 votes, representing 113,691,721 people50.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

193 votes, representing 104,374,498 people45.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.0% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22450.0%
NayLost19345.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.0%