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. 182 // March 24, 2009Needed two-thirds to agree

Expressing support for designation of the week of March 1 through March 8, 2009, as "School Social Work Week".

Sponsor: PATRICK KENNEDY (D-RI)

Supports the designation of School Social Work Week. Honors the contributions of school social workers to the success of students in schools.

Education Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

415 votes, representing 221,396,079 people95.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

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

The dotted gap is 4.6% 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
YeaWon41595.4%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.6%