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. 305 // April 1, 2009

Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H.Con.Res. 85) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2014

Sponsor: JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

234 votes, representing 121,961,898 people52.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

179 votes, representing 98,660,541 people42.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.9% 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
YeaWon23452.6%
NayLost17942.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.9%