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. 773 // October 30, 2007

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3867) to update and expand the procurement programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)

R. 3867 (Small Business Contracting Program Improvements Act).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

216 votes, representing 109,644,640 people48.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

180 votes, representing 97,172,627 people42.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.0% 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 1.7 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21648.3%
NayLost18042.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.0%