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. 974 // February 26, 2008

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3521) to improve the Operating Fund for public housing of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

Sponsor: Betty Sutton (D-OH)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 3521 (Public Housing Asset Management Improvement 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

212 votes, representing 108,496,539 people47.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

198 votes, representing 108,148,868 people47.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.7% 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 2.8 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21247.2%
NayLost19847.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.7%