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. 453 // June 6, 2007

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 2446, Afghanistan Freedom and Security Support Act

Sponsor: JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)

R. 2446 (Afghanistan Freedom and Security Support 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

220 votes, representing 111,842,112 people49.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

195 votes, representing 105,293,424 people46.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.4% 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 0.8 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22049.2%
NayLost19546.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.4%