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. 432 // May 13, 2009Needed two-thirds to agree

Providing for passage of H.R. 2101

Sponsor: IKE SKELTON (D-MO)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2101 (Weapons Acquisition System Reform Through Enhancing Technical Knowledge and Oversight Act of 2009).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

428 votes, representing 228,467,518 people98.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

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

The dotted gap is 1.5% 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
YeaWon42898.5%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.5%