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. 802 // November 8, 2007

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3355) to ensure the availability and affordability of homeowners’ insurance coverage for catastrophic events.

Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-FL)

R. 3355 (Homeowners' Defense 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

222 votes, representing 112,699,991 people49.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

191 votes, representing 103,143,960 people45.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.0% 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 0.4 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22249.6%
NayLost19145.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.0%