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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House vote: H.Res. 1574 // July 30, 2010

Providing for consideration of (H.R. 3534) the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act and providing for consideration of (H.R. 5851) the Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act

Sponsor: Chellie Pingree (D-ME)

R. R. 5851) to provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

220 votes, representing 115,340,742 people49.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

194 votes, representing 108,064,715 people46.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.8% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 0.9 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22049.1%
NayLost19446.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.8%