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. 683 // September 27, 2007

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 3121, Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-CA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 3121 (Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization 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 111,799,344 people49.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

193 votes, representing 104,503,111 people46.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.8% 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 0.8 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22049.2%
NayLost19346.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.8%