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. 429 // May 23, 2007

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1100) to revise the boundary of the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in the State of North Carolina, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Michael Arcuri (D-NY)

R. 1100 (Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act of 2007).

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

Won the vote · Yea

228 votes, representing 115,743,316 people50.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

198 votes, representing 107,016,068 people47.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.0% 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
YeaWon22850.9%
NayLost19847.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.0%