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. 66 // January 18, 2007

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 6, Creating Long-Term Energy Alternatives for the Nation Act

Sponsor: JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 6 (CLEAN Energy 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

231 votes, representing 117,120,884 people51.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

194 votes, representing 104,617,671 people46.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.4% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon23151.5%
NayLost19446.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.4%