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. 594 // August 1, 2007

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 3162, Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act

Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-FL)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 3162 (Children's Health and Medicare Protection 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

222 votes, representing 112,612,428 people49.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

197 votes, representing 106,063,951 people46.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.8% 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 0.4 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22249.6%
NayLost19746.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.8%