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. 534 // July 22, 2009Needed two-thirds to agree

Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Children and Families Day".

Sponsor: Donna Edwards (D-MD)

Supports the goals and ideals of National Children and Families Day.

Families Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

429 votes, representing 228,821,545 people98.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

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

The dotted gap is 1.4% 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
YeaWon42998.6%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.4%