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. 1126 // March 3, 2010

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 4247, the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act

Sponsor: Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)

R. 4247) to prevent and reduce the use of physical restraint and seclusion in schools.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

228 votes, representing 119,399,134 people50.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

184 votes, representing 103,050,599 people43.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.2% 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
YeaWon22850.9%
NayLost18443.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.2%