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. 1264 // December 7, 2010Needed two-thirds to agree

Expressing support for the designation of March as National Essential Tremor Awareness Month.

Sponsor: DENNIS MOORE (D-KS)

Expresses support for the designation of National Essential Tremor Awareness Month.

Health Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

387 votes, representing 208,853,147 people89.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

1 vote, representing 525,600 people0.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 10.8% 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
YeaWon38789.0%
NayLost10.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken010.8%