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. 1161 // May 27, 2010Needed two-thirds to agree

Honoring the Centennial Celebration of Women at Marquette University, the fist Catholic university in the world to offer co-education as part of its regular undergraduate program

Sponsor: Gwen Moore (D-WI)

Honors the Centennial Celebration of Women at Marquette University. Commends the school, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for continuing to fulfill its Catholic, Jesuit mission of offering premier higher educational opportunities to all students who have a desire to learn.

Education Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

380 votes, representing 205,460,063 people87.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

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

The dotted gap is 12.5% 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
YeaWon38087.5%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken012.5%