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. 1219 // July 19, 2010Needed two-thirds to agree

Expressing support for designation of September as National Child Awareness Month.

Sponsor: KEN CALVERT (R-CA)

Supports the designation of a National Child Awareness Month to promote awareness of children's charities and youth-serving organizations across the United States.

Social Welfare Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

373 votes, representing 201,715,459 people86.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

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

The dotted gap is 14.0% 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
YeaWon37386.0%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken014.0%