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.Con.Res. 142 // July 8, 2009Needed two-thirds to agree

Supporting National Men's Health Week.

Sponsor: ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D-MD)

Expresses support for the annual National Men's Health Week.

Health Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

417 votes, representing 222,548,439 people95.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

3 votes, representing 1,762,331 people0.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.3% 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
YeaWon41795.9%
NayLost30.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.3%