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. 464 // June 7, 2007

Providing for consideration of S. 5, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-CA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of S. 5 (Stem Cell Research Enhancement 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

221 votes, representing 112,295,869 people49.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

195 votes, representing 105,046,132 people46.2%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 0.6 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22149.4%
NayLost19546.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.4%