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.R. 3336 // April 25, 2012Needed two-thirds to pass

Small Business Credit Availability Act

Sponsor: Vicky Hartzler (R-MO)

Small Business Credit Availability Act - (Sec. S. uninsured branch or agency of a foreign bank that has a prudential regulator.

Agriculture and Food Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

303 votes, representing 166,434,819 people69.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

109 votes, representing 60,876,801 people25.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.2% 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
YeaWon30369.4%
NayLost10925.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.2%