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. 720 // October 10, 2007

Providing for consideration of H.R. 2895, National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007.

Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-FL)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2895 (National Affordable Housing Trust Fund 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 113,031,609 people49.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

195 votes, representing 105,564,395 people46.5%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 0.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22349.7%
NayLost19546.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.8%