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. 801 // November 7, 2007

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3688) to implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-CA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 3688 (United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

349 votes, representing 183,040,600 people80.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

55 votes, representing 27,925,954 people12.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.2% 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
YeaWon34980.6%
NayLost5512.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken07.2%