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. 808 // October 8, 2009

Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2647, the Department of Defense Authorization, FY 2010

Sponsor: LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY)

R. 2647 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

237 votes, representing 123,323,677 people53.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

187 votes, representing 102,867,201 people44.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.5% 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
YeaWon23753.2%
NayLost18744.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.5%