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. 1222 // April 13, 2010Needed two-thirds to agree

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Library Week.

Sponsor: VERNON EHLERS (R-MI)

Supports the goals and ideals of National Library Week.

Arts, Culture, Religion Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

397 votes, representing 213,693,472 people91.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

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

The dotted gap is 8.9% 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
YeaWon39791.1%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.9%