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. 457 // May 20, 2009

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2352) to amend the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Jared Polis (D-CO)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2352) to amend the Small Business Act.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

244 votes, representing 127,068,933 people54.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

175 votes, representing 96,300,781 people41.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.7% 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
YeaWon24454.8%
NayLost17541.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.7%