In a perfect democracy, at least 50% of people would support every decision.

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House vote: H.Res. 878 // December 17, 2007

Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2764, State, foreign operations appropriations, FY 2008

Sponsor: LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY)

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2764 (making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for FY2008).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

216 votes, representing 109,357,486 people48.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

186 votes, representing 100,665,992 people44.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.6% 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 1.9 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21648.1%
NayLost18644.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken07.6%