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. 637 // September 7, 2007

Providing for consideration of conference report to accompany H.R. 2669, College Cost Reduction and Access Act.

Sponsor: Betty Sutton (D-OH)

R. 2669 (Higher Education Access 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

220 votes, representing 111,659,723 people49.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

185 votes, representing 99,983,507 people44.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.9% 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 0.9 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22049.1%
NayLost18544.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.9%