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. 601 // August 2, 2007

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 3159, Ensuring Military Readiness Through Stability and Predictability Deployment Policy Act

Sponsor: LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY)

R. 3159 (Ensuring Military Readiness Through Stability and Predictability Deployment Policy 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

225 votes, representing 114,275,096 people50.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

201 votes, representing 108,429,765 people47.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.0% 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
YeaWon22550.3%
NayLost20147.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.0%