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. 1764 // December 15, 2010

Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2965

Sponsor: Chellie Pingree (D-ME)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2965) to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

232 votes, representing 122,029,915 people52.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

180 votes, representing 100,216,465 people42.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.3% 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
YeaWon23252.0%
NayLost18042.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.3%