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. 316 // April 2, 2009

Providing for consideration of H. Con. Res. 85

Sponsor: JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)

Res. 85 (congressional budget).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

242 votes, representing 125,960,292 people54.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

182 votes, representing 100,222,752 people43.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.5% 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
YeaWon24254.3%
NayLost18243.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.5%