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. 729 // October 29, 2009Needed two-thirds to agree

Expressing support for designation of a “National Firefighters Memorial Day” to honor and celebrate the firefighters of the United States

Sponsor: Ted Poe (R-TX)

Urges the President to designate National Firefighters Memorial Day to commemorate firefighters killed or disabled in the line of duty.

Emergency Management Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

390 votes, representing 207,753,845 people89.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

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

The dotted gap is 10.5% 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
YeaWon39089.5%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken010.5%