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. 700 // November 7, 2009Needed two-thirds to agree

Expressing support for designation of the week beginning on November 9, 2009, as National School Psychology Week.

Sponsor: David Loebsack (D-IA)

Supports the designation of National School Psychology Week. Recognizes the contributions of school psychologists to the success of students in schools across this country.

Education Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

431 votes, representing 229,717,612 people99.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

1 vote, representing 555,796 people0.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.8% 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
YeaWon43199.0%
NayLost10.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.8%