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. 53 // January 14, 2009

Providing for consideration of H.R. 384, to reform the Troubled Assets Relief Program of the Secretary of the Treasury and ensure accountability under such program

Sponsor: JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)

R. 384 (TARP Reform and Accountability 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

235 votes, representing 122,185,553 people52.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

191 votes, representing 104,925,740 people45.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.1% 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
YeaWon23552.7%
NayLost19145.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.1%