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. 742 // October 16, 2007

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 2102, Free Flow of Information Act

Sponsor: LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY)

R. 2102 (Free Flow of Information 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

224 votes, representing 113,610,489 people50.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

196 votes, representing 106,028,252 people46.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.3% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22450.0%
NayLost19646.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.3%