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. 428 // May 22, 2007

Raising a question of the priveleges of the House.

Sponsor: Mike Rogers (R-MI)

Declares that the Member from Pennsylvania, Mr. Murtha, has been guilty of a violation of the Code of Official Conduct and merits the reprimand of the House for the same.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

219 votes, representing 110,950,964 people48.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

189 votes, representing 102,209,855 people45.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.2% 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 1.2 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21948.8%
NayLost18945.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.2%