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. 861 // December 12, 2007

Providing for consideration of H.R. 4351, AMT Relief Act

Sponsor: Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)

R. 4351 (AMT Relief 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 112,269,898 people49.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

193 votes, representing 104,607,510 people46.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.6% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 0.6 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22249.4%
NayLost19346.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.6%