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. 727 // December 1, 2009Needed two-thirds to agree

Expressing support for greater awareness of ovarian cancer.

Sponsor: STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY)

Expresses support for greater awareness of ovarian cancer.

Health Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

385 votes, representing 205,430,245 people88.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

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

The dotted gap is 11.5% 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
YeaWon38588.5%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken011.5%