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. 703 // October 4, 2007

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 3648, Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act

Sponsor: Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)

R. 3648 (Mortgage Forgiveness Debt 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

223 votes, representing 113,149,194 people49.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

194 votes, representing 104,978,869 people46.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.0% 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 0.2 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22349.8%
NayLost19446.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.0%