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. 65 // January 17, 2007

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 5, College Student Relief Act

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-CA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 5 (College Student Relief 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 113,913,765 people50.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

191 votes, representing 103,025,762 people45.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.5% 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
YeaWon22550.1%
NayLost19145.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.5%