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. 41 // January 13, 2009Needed two-thirds to agree

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Mentoring Month 2009.

Sponsor: SUSAN DAVIS (D-CA)

Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Mentoring Month (January 2009).

Education Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

411 votes, representing 219,225,999 people94.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

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

The dotted gap is 5.5% 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
YeaWon41194.5%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.5%