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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House vote: H.Res. 767 // October 23, 2007

Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

Sponsor: JOHN BOEHNER (R-OH)

Declares that: (1) the Member from California, Mr. Stark, by his despicable conduct, has dishonored himself and brought discredit to the House and merits its censure; and (2) such Member is censured.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

196 votes, representing 99,374,409 people43.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

173 votes, representing 93,565,950 people41.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 15.1% 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 6.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon19643.7%
NayLost17341.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken015.1%