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. 1743 // December 15, 2010Needed two-thirds to agree

Congratulating Gerda Weissmann Klein on being selected to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Sponsor: Harry Mitchell (D-AZ)

Congratulates Gerda Weissmann Klein on being selected to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Social Welfare Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

407 votes, representing 219,396,018 people93.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

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

The dotted gap is 6.5% 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
YeaWon40793.5%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.5%