In a perfect democracy, at least 50% of people would support every decision.

The U.S. falls short of this goal.

Activate to continue

Spoken For.
House vote: H.Res. 196 // June 4, 2009Needed two-thirds to agree

Congratulating the University of Tennessee women’s basketball team (the Lady Vols) and Head Coach Pat Summitt on her 1,000th victory

Sponsor: JOHN DUNCAN (R-TN)

Congratulates the University of Tennessee women's basketball team (the Lady Vols) and Head Coach Pat Summitt on her 1000th victory.

Sports and Recreation Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

417 votes, representing 222,698,551 people96.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

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

The dotted gap is 4.0% 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
YeaWon41796.0%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.0%