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. 806 // October 7, 2009Needed two-thirds to agree

Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1035, with an amendment.

Sponsor: Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 1035 (Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Amendments Act of 2009).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

358 votes, representing 189,763,742 people81.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

66 votes, representing 36,338,431 people15.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.6% 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
YeaWon35881.8%
NayLost6615.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.6%