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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House vote: H.Res. 610 // July 8, 2009

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 2965

Sponsor: Jared Polis (D-CO)

R. 2965) to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

236 votes, representing 122,635,899 people52.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

187 votes, representing 103,016,969 people44.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.7% 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
YeaWon23652.9%
NayLost18744.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.7%