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. 764 // October 24, 2007

Providing for consideration of H.R. 505, Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2007.

Sponsor: ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 505 (Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization 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 110,364,014 people48.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

175 votes, representing 94,409,581 people41.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.9% 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 1.4 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21848.6%
NayLost17541.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.9%