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. 633 // September 6, 2007

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2786) to reauthorize the programs for housing assistance for Native Americans.

Sponsor: JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2786 (Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2007).

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

Won the vote · Yea

221 votes, representing 112,562,257 people49.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

178 votes, representing 96,428,903 people42.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.0% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 0.5 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22149.5%
NayLost17842.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.0%