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. 553 // July 23, 2007Needed two-thirds to agree

Mourning the passing of Lady Bird Johnson

Sponsor: EDDIE JOHNSON (D-TX)

Honors the life of former First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson.

Commemorations Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

381 votes, representing 199,706,993 people87.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

0 votes, representing 0 people0.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 12.1% 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
YeaWon38187.9%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken012.1%