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. 956 // February 7, 2008

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4137) to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes

Sponsor: Betty Sutton (D-OH)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4137) to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

204 votes, representing 104,164,964 people45.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

196 votes, representing 107,134,372 people46.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.0% 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 4.6 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon20445.4%
NayLost19646.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.0%