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. 580 // July 30, 2007

Providing for consideration of the bill H.R. 986, to designate the Eightmile River in the state of Connecticut

Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-FL)

R. 986 (Eightmile Wild and Scenic River Act).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

216 votes, representing 109,682,450 people48.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

188 votes, representing 101,437,719 people44.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.1% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 1.7 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21648.3%
NayLost18844.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken07.1%