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. 1674 // September 29, 2010

Providing for consideration of H.R. 847, “James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010”, H.R. 2378, “Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act”, and the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2701, “Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010”

Sponsor: Michael Arcuri (D-NY)

R. R. R.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

235 votes, representing 122,875,820 people52.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

183 votes, representing 102,593,306 people43.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.9% 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
YeaWon23552.4%
NayLost18343.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.9%