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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House vote: H.Res. 5 // January 4, 2007

Providing for the consideration of H. Res. 6, adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Tenth Congress

Sponsor: LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY)

Sets forth a rule for adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 110th Congress.

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 112,589,576 people49.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

197 votes, representing 106,351,963 people46.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.7% 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 0.5 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22249.5%
NayLost19746.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.7%