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. 1059 // February 23, 2010Needed two-thirds to agree

Honoring the heroism of the seven U.S. Agency for International Development and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance supported urban search and rescue teams deployed to Haiti

Sponsor: Michael McMahon (D-NY)

S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supported urban search and rescue teams. S.

International Affairs Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

406 votes, representing 218,733,976 people93.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

0 votes, representing 0 people0.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.8% 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
YeaWon40693.2%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.8%