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. 437 // May 24, 2007

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 2317, Lobbying Trancparency Act; and providing for the consideration of H.R. 2316, Honest Leadership and Open Government Act

Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-FL)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of: (1) H.R. 2317 (Lobbying Transparency Act of 2007); and (2) H.R. 2316 (Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007).

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 113,708,304 people50.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

195 votes, representing 105,396,862 people46.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.6% 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%
NayLost19546.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.6%