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. 406 // May 7, 2009

Providing for further consideration of H.R. 1728, Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act

Sponsor: Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)

Sets forth the rule for further consideration of H.R. 1728 (Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

247 votes, representing 128,677,366 people55.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

174 votes, representing 96,079,133 people41.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.1% 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
YeaWon24755.5%
NayLost17441.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.1%