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. 612 // August 3, 2007

Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

Sponsor: JOHN BOEHNER (R-OH)

Declares that, by certain actions on August 3, 2007, a specified Member has brought dishonor and discredit to the U.S. House of Representatives by misusing the powers of the chair.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

211 votes, representing 106,924,270 people47.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

178 votes, representing 96,574,152 people42.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 10.4% 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 2.9 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21147.1%
NayLost17842.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken010.4%