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. 566 // July 23, 2009Needed two-thirds to agree

Congratulating the 2008-2009 National Basketball Association Champions, the Los Angeles Lakers, on an outstanding and historic season

Sponsor: MAXINE WATERS (D-CA)

Congratulates the Los Angeles Lakes for winning their 15th National Basketball Association World Championship.

Sports and Recreation Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

413 votes, representing 220,264,570 people94.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

8 votes, representing 4,201,786 people1.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.3% 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
YeaWon41394.9%
NayLost81.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.3%