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. 719 // October 10, 2007

Providing for consideration of H. R. 3056, Tax Collection Responsibility Act of 2007.

Sponsor: Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 3056 (Tax Collection Responsibility 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 111,418,839 people49.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

198 votes, representing 107,177,165 people47.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.8% 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 1.0 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22049.0%
NayLost19847.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.8%