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. 1344 // May 12, 2010

Providing for consideration of the bill H.R. 5116, the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5116) to invest in innovation through research and development, to improve the competitiveness of the United States.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

243 votes, representing 127,561,953 people54.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

177 votes, representing 99,050,954 people42.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.4% 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
YeaWon24354.4%
NayLost17742.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.4%