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. 602 // August 2, 2007

Providing for the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 2272, 21st Century Competitiveness Act

Sponsor: Betty Sutton (D-OH)

R. 2272 (America COMPETES Act).

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 114,271,796 people50.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

198 votes, representing 106,924,987 people47.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.7% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22550.3%
NayLost19847.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.7%