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. 774 // October 25, 2007

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3963) to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY)

R. 3963 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007).

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

Won the vote · Yea

216 votes, representing 109,561,809 people48.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

181 votes, representing 97,828,426 people43.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.7% 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 1.8 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21648.2%
NayLost18143.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.7%