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. 825 // November 15, 2007

Providing for consideration of H.R. 3915, Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act

Sponsor: Michael Arcuri (D-NY)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 3915 (Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending 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

224 votes, representing 113,698,615 people50.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

195 votes, representing 105,306,354 people46.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.6% 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
YeaWon22450.0%
NayLost19546.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.6%