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. 702 // October 3, 2007

Providing for consideration of H.R. 2740, to require accountability for contractors and contract personnel under Federal contracts, and for other purposes

Sponsor: Betty Sutton (D-OH)

R. 2740 (MEJA Expansion and Enforcement 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

218 votes, representing 110,811,666 people48.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

192 votes, representing 103,803,991 people45.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.6% 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 1.2 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21848.8%
NayLost19245.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.6%