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. 990 // January 26, 2010Needed two-thirds to agree

Expressing support for designation of January 2010 as "National Mentoring Month".

Sponsor: BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)

Supports the designation of National Mentoring Month. Praises those who are already serving as mentors. Encourages others to volunteer as mentors.

Social Welfare Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

398 votes, representing 215,116,398 people91.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

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

The dotted gap is 8.3% 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
YeaWon39891.7%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.3%